This report was prepared under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) knowledge and support technical assistance project for Investment Assessment and Application of High-Level Technology for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific, implemented by the Rural Development and Food Security (RDFS) Thematic Group, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC). Md Abul Basher, natural resources and agriculture specialist, SDCC, led the implementation of the project, under the direction of Woochong Um, director general SDCC; Amy Leung, director general, East Asia Department (EARD), in her former capacity as director general SDCC; and Chiara Bronchi, chief thematic officer, SDCC; with the supervision of Akmal Siddiq, RDFS thematic group chief, SDCC; and Mahfuz Ahmed, former technical advisor, RDFS Thematic Group, SDCC (now retired). Other members of the implementation team include Leah P. Arboleda, natural resources and agriculture officer, SDCC, and Maria Angela Pilar M. Banaria, senior operations assistant, SDCC.