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ASEAN traditionally treats haze as a transboundary environmental problem. The Second Haze-Free Roadmap 2023\u20132030, ASEAN Peatland Management Strategy 2023-2030 and ASEAN Investment Framework for Haze-Free Sustainable Land Management could potentially support action leading to haze-free agriculture and commodity sectors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, the ASEAN Food, Agriculture and Forestry Sectoral Plan 2026\u20132030 fails to connect air quality directly with agricultural productivity, output loss and food security. This missing link is increasingly consequential.<\/p>\n
Priority should be given to the following five actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
First, government and private entities in ASEAN member states (AMS) need to monitor agricultural exposure by integrating crop maps with observations of fire, ozone, and PM2.5 (which disperses widely).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Second, research is needed to quantify losses through field experiments and long-term monitoring of major crops.<\/p>\n
Third, AMS\u2019 environment and agriculture agencies should integrate air-quality warnings into digital agriculture using satellites, low-cost sensors, farm weather stations and crop models.<\/p>\n
Fourth, public and private entities should intensify their efforts in breeding and managing crops for tolerance to ozone and particulate pollution alongside drought, heat, flood and salinity.<\/p>\n
Fifth, governments need to enforce policies to reduce agriculture\u2019s own contribution to haze pollution by promoting economically attractive alternatives to open residue burning – such as residue incorporation, composting, biochar, animal feed and productive biomass use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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