The First Meeting of the APEC 2025 Policy Partnership on Food Security Discussed Cooperation for Food Security 

Sejong, 6 March 2025 — The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) held the first meeting of the APEC 2025 Policy Partnership on Food Security (PPFS) in the city of Gyeongju from 4 to 6 March 2025. The Republic of Korea, which has assumed the role of the chair of the APEC for the year 2025, will host a summit, senior officials’ meetings (SOM), and ministerial meetings. The APEC PPFS is a platform that brings together governments, the private sector, and academia to strengthen food security in the Asia-Pacific region. As a sub-forum of the APEC SOM, the PPFS develops and coordinates food security policies.

In the first meeting, approximately 120 participants from 21 APEC economies shared the progress in the implementation of the Food Security Roadmap Towards 2030 (Roadmap 2030) and shared views on the revisions to the terms of reference for the PPFS. The economies also agreed on the main theme of the 2025 Food Security Ministerial Meeting (FSMM). With the theme of “Driving Innovation in Agri-food Systems for Shared Prosperity,” the Ministerial Meeting will explore the ways to innovate agri-food policies and systems. 

In the Food Security Ministerial Meeting scheduled to be held in Songdo International Business District in the city of Incheon in August 2025, agriculture ministers from 21 APEC economies will share the best practices of innovation in the field of agri-food and adopt the Ministerial Statement outlining the ways to strengthen cooperation on food security.