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The role
of LICA in agroecology transitions
The Lao facilitated Initiative on Agroecology (LICA) was established to support agroecology transitions in ASEAN. It responds to requests made to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic during SOM-AMAF Meetings: first in 2012, for a regional initiative on conservation agriculture to promote as an “eco-friendly and climate-resilient agriculture intensification in the ASEAN region”, and then in 2017 with the objective of “sharing, comparing and, as much as possible, homogenizing national regulations on agroecology, in order to progressively develop a Common Position of ASEAN.”
Member countries were requested to nominate LICA focal points as agreed at the 41st SOM-AMAF meeting in 2019. As a result of discussions among the LICA focal points, three objectives were established for LICA, including the design of this document of ASEAN guidelines for supporting agroecological transitions, as detailed below:
The 42nd SOM-AMAF meeting requested the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to work with the ASEAN Secretariat, LICA and relevant sectoral working groups, on implementing various proposals, including establishing LICA as a reference group on agroecology for ASEAN.
As a reference group on agroecology, LICA will have the following additional roles within ASEAN:
Timeline of the Lao facilitated Initiative on Agroecology (LICA)
