Supporting the Implementation of the ASEAN-RAI

As guiding, voluntary principles, the ASEAN-RAI must be operationalized by actors throughout the public, private and civil society sectors in order to have an on-the-ground impact in improving sustainable development outcomes for agricultural investments. Therefore, SMEs and domestic agribusinesses must be incentivized to adopt the ASEAN-RAI via relevant channels: national regulations and financial mechanisms. For government officials, this means ensuring their national framework of laws, regulations, and contracts embeds the principles of the ASEAN-RAI.