the first component of the asean integrated food security aifs framework is labelled emergencyshortage relief and focuses on stability including food assistance programmes diversification and the asean plus three asean emergency rice reserve apterr a portfolio of measures to deal with risks should include policies that are effective and efficient across different scenarios of food security threats in essence this means managing a whole set of threats in order to stabilise food security whilst at the same time not compromising efforts to improve chronic levels of food insecurity