ASEAN University Network
The 3rd ASEAN University Symposium
for Sustainable Food System
20–22 May 2026
Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
The Department of Agricultural Economy and Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, in collaboration with the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University, is honored to host the 3rd ASEAN University Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems.
This international academic forum brings together leading universities and scholars from across Southeast Asia to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange in the areas of sustainable food systems, agricultural economics, and bioeconomy development. The symposium aims to strengthen regional partnerships and promote innovative research that contributes to sustainable and resilient agri-food systems.
The bioeconomy is an economic model based on the use of renewable biological resources (such as plants, animals, and microorganisms) to produce food, energy, materials, and chemicals. Rather than relying primarily on fossil sources, it proposes partially replacing them with bio-based alternatives, thereby promoting low-carbon growth. Supported by innovations in the life sciences, the bioeconomy aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, decrease dependence on fossil fuels, and foster competitiveness and economic development in a sustainable manner.
Five subthemes include but not limited to
- Economics and Policy
- Assessment of the economic and social impacts of the bioeconomy on the agricultural sector
- Role of agricultural and environmental policies in supporting the bioeconomy
- Environmental economics: reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural supply chain
- Designing economic incentives to promote investment in the bioeconomy
- Business Models and Value Chains
- Agricultural business models in the bioeconomy
- Building value chains of bio-based agricultural products
- Marketing strategies for bio-based and eco-friendly products
- Developing farmers and community enterprises for integration into the bioeconomy
- Public-private-social enterprise partnership
- Bioeconomy and Sustainable Production and Natural Resource Use
- Risk management & investment
- Regenerative agriculture
- Resilience farming systems
- Technology and innovation in supporting bio-based/circular agri-food supply chain
- Sustainable agri-food production
- Green and circular economy
- Blue economy
- Trade-offs between economic growth, resource use, and environmental outcomes
- Role of agricultural and environmental policies in supporting the bioeconomy
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural supply chain
- Bioeconomy and Sustainable Consumption
- Food and nutrition, and environmental policies in supporting the bioeconomy
- Sustainable livelihood assessment
- Agroecological Principles and Systems
Timeline
- Nov 30, 2025: Each institute will submit the names of representative to join the technical committee
- Feb 15, 2026: Abstract submission to institute
- Feb 28, 2026: Submission of the title and abstract of nominated papers to the network
- Submission of name of presenter
- Each institute will nominate 1-3 papers.
- April 30, 2026: Submission of full papers to be published in AgEcon Search
Full Paper Template ->> full paper template.docx - April 30, 2026: Confirmation of in-person participants (at Chiangmai University)
- May 8, 2026: Submission of ppt to the host organizer
- Submission should be made to Dr. Nilubon Chonsawat (nilubon.chon@cmu.ac.th), CMU and Orachos Napasintuwong (orachos.n@ku.ac.th), KU
- May 20, 2026 Preconference workshop -->Impact Evaluation and Causal Inference for Evidence-Based Policy Making.docx
- May 21-22, 2026: Conference dates
- June 30, 2026: Deadline for revised paper submission to be published in AgEcon Search
Program Agenda
- Program Agenda for The 3rd ASEAN University Symposium for Sustainable Food System
Department of Agricultural Economy and Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiangmai University, Chiangmai, Thailand. May 20-22, 2026. Click Open
- Photos from the 3rd ASEAN University symposium for sustainable food system:
-> https://drive.google.com
Excursion (Optional)
Morning: Boonsom Spirulina Farm, Chiang Mai
Afternoon: Science and Technology Park, Chiangmai University
Symposium Venue
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Accommodation
For your convenience, we have identified Phucome hotel which is located near the symposium venue, offering special rates for symposium participants.
Details regarding hotel name, room rates, booking conditions, and reservation deadlines are provided in
Click.. -->> Hotel Reservation Form.
Organized transportation is available only for the designated conference hotel "Phucome hotel". While you are free to book other accommodations, please be advised that you will need to arrange your own travel to the venue.
We kindly encourage you to make your reservations as early as possible, as room availability is limited and subject to confirmation by the hotels.
- Hotel website: https://phucomehotel.com-chiangmai.com/th/
- Hotel map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QRmyGftuJQg6ovbC7
Organizing Institutions
- Faculty of Economics and Management, IPB University, Indonesia
- Department of Agricultural Economy and Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiangmai University (CMU), Thailand
- School of Economics, Can Tho University (CTU), Vietnam
- Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University (KU), Thailand
- Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University (MU)
- Faculty of Economics and Business Management and Department of Rural Economics and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, National University of Laos (NUOL), Laos PDR
- Faculty of Development Studies, Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), Cambodia
- Faculty of Agriculture, Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University (UNISSA), Brunei
- Department of Agribusiness and Bioresource Economics, Faculty of Agriculture and Institute of Ecosystem Science Borneo, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia
- Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, College of Economics and Management, University of the Philippines at Los Banos (UPLB), Philippines
- Department of Agricultural Economics and Policies, and Department of Resource and Environmental Economics, Faculty of Economics and Rural Development, Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), Vietnam
- Department of Agricultural Economics, Yezin Agricultural University (YAU), Myanmar
