they are also supported by the asean plus three emergency rice reserve apterr which seeks to provide food coverage across the region in times of severe shortterm need however while the regional frameworks identify a number of the key policy areas where action will be required such as those related to the development of regional agrofood markets sustainable production and increased investment in the sector reform has been slow and in some cases current policy choices are actually undermining food security chapter selfsufficiency in particular has often been strongly promoted by a number of asean governments as a strategy to reduce vulnerability to world price movements such as those observed during the food price crisis of