The Asian Buffalo Association (ABA) was founded on 23 November 1992 as a result of the unanimous recommendation reached at the Asian Buffalo Network Meeting that took place in Bangkok, Thailand, during the Sixth Animal Science Congress of the Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies. The Asian buffalo research and development institutions agreed to establish ABA. The overall objective of the association is to foster research and development on buffaloes in the Asian region. A series of conferences were held in the different Asian countries to share experiences, present new ideas and achievement in buffalo research and development. The record of previous Asian Buffalo Congress and World Buffalo Congress is as under:

	Asian Buffalo Congress Venue Date 1st Asian Buffalo Congress Bangkok, Thailand January 17-21-, 1994 2nd Asian Buffalo Congress Makati, Philippines October 9-12, 1996 3rd Asian Buffalo Congress Kandy, Sri Lanka March 27-31, 2000 4th Asian Buffalo Congress New Delhi, India February 25-28, 2003 5th Asian Buffalo Congress Nanning, China April 18-22, 2006