PBBM, Concepcion talk food security at ASEAN Business Summit

Joey Concepcion, founder of Go Negosyo, talks with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the sidelines of the recently concluded ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in Laos PDR about the AFSA, a regional initiative for food security in the Philippines. Joining them (rightmost) is Christian Eyde Moeller, President of Lionheart Farms and a key private sector participant in the initiative.

Businessman philanthropist Joey Concepcion, who is eyeing the ASEAN Food Security Alliance (AFSA) as the Philippines’ legacy project leading up to the country’s ASEAN Business Advisory Council chairmanship in 2026, is working to attract targeted agriculture investments through the Alliance, where he says efforts will have impact at scale.

Concepcion, who is also founder of non-profit organization Go Negisyo, said that for AFSA to succeed, there needs to be strong public-private determination and strategic partnerships, tangible actions, and targeted investments so as to overcome structural constraints, thus enhancing agricultural productivity and achieving economic growth in the ASEAN region.

This is related to a Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Agrarian Reform and Go Negosyo, wherein the MOA aims to form strategic partnerships with the private sector to provide agrarian reform beneficiaries with agribusiness opportunities, mentorship and sustainable farming models through cluster farming, corporative farming, and land lease agreements.