agricultural producers in asean are expected to be able to rise to these challenges over the medium term with regional production growth rates projected to exceed world averages for many products including animalderived products oecdfao this will also increase the importance of asean for world supplies of agrofood commodities across individual countries however changes in the production of key commodities are more mixed this will require a continuation of past trends in total factor productivity growth trends underpinned by continued efforts at policy reform and additional investments by governments and producers