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The Ninth ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (9th AIMMAF) was held in New Delhi on 9 September 2026, organised by DARE/ICAR.
It was co-chaired by India's Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the Secretary of the Philippines' Department of Agriculture, representing the ASEAN chair for agriculture and forestry.
The meeting reviewed the 2021-2025 Medium-Term Plan of Action and looked ahead to a new Plan for 2026-2030 built on four cooperation areas.
India held bilateral talks with Malaysia, Timor-Leste and Myanmar on the sidelines, covering germplasm exchange, market access, expert deputation and a pending MoU.
The Tenth AIMMAF will be convened in 2028.
Tariff liberalisation in goods trade between India and ASEAN member states.
Key: Signed on 13 August 2009 at Bangkok and in force from 1 January 2010; a review of the agreement has been under negotiation.
Finance ASEAN-India project cooperation across sectors.
Key: India committed USD 50 million to it in 2016.
Support joint research and climate and environment projects respectively.
Key: Both were set up in 2007, each with a USD 5 million corpus.
Give strategic direction to a sustainable, inclusive and secure agriculture and forestry sector in ASEAN.
Key: Welcomed at the meeting along with the ASEAN Leaders' Declaration on the Vision for Food, Agriculture and Forestry Towards 2045 and ASEAN Community Vision 2045.
Apex body for coordinating agricultural research and education; organised the 9th AIMMAF with DARE
The department in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare through which ICAR and agricultural research policy are administered
ASEAN's sectoral ministerial body for agriculture and forestry, whose chair co-chairs the AIMMAF with India
GS Paper 2 > International Relations > Groupings and Agreements involving India
General Awareness > International Organisations
In the context of food and nutritional security of India, enhancing the 'Seed Replacement Rates' of various crops helps in achieving the food production targets of the future. But what is/are the constraint/constraints in its wider/greater implementation? 1. There is no National Seeds Policy in place. 2. There is no participation of private sector seed companies in the supply of quality seeds of vegetables and planting materials of horticultural crops. 3. There is a demand-supply gap regarding quality seeds in case of low value and high volume crops. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Answer: 3 only
ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry, the sectoral ministerial track between India and ASEAN; the ninth edition met in New Delhi on 9 September 2026 and the tenth is due in 2028.
The highest tier of ASEAN's dialogue partnership hierarchy, to which the ASEAN-India relationship was elevated; it sits above Strategic Partnership and Dialogue Partnership.
ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement, signed at Bangkok on 13 August 2009 and in force from 1 January 2010.