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Regional food security priorities sharpened

New index will focus attention on what Asean needs to do to feed a growing population.

“We’ve always known that what gets measured, gets done,” said Carl Lukach, the president of DuPont East Asia, offering a few numbers to concentrate people’s minds.

DuPont's executives address the DuPont Asean Media Forum in Singapore.

“In 2050, the world population will reach 9 billion and among that 650 million will be in Asean. We need a common security metric to increase food security.”

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