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Highlights: Panel-ARDL methodology examines climate-food-health relationships across 20 developing countries over 2000–2020. CO 2 emissions demonstrate strong negative association with food...

This policy note uses the most recent available data to outline the primary factors contributing to child stunting and malnutrition in Laos. The report draws on data from the baseline round...

Highligths: Area planted with cereals in 2024/25 is estimated to be 2.9 percent below the previous five-year average, due to below-average rainfall amounts at planting time, farmers'...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional grouping of Southeast Asian countries formed in 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined...

Highlights: Food price inflation in the Lao PDR has surged since mid-2022, outpacing global and regional trends Domestic food prices are influenced by a combination of external...

Adopting agroecological approaches to build resilient urban food systems has recently gained traction around the world, but there is little to no reliable literature on the knowledge...

Laos’ economy is one of the fastest-growing in Southeast Asia, with a lower-middle income, a markedly rising urbanization and population density and falling rates of malnutrition (GHI 2019; World Bank...

Agroecology is globally recognized as an approach that balances food security, economic development, and environmental sustainability, making it a viable alternative to the industrialization of agriculture in the Mekong Region. With a focus...

National Information Platforms for Nutrition (NIPN) is an initiative of the European Commission to provide support to countries to strengthen their information systems for nutrition and to improve the analysis of data so...

Malaysia’s economy is expected to expand at a faster pace in 2024. After experiencing weaker-than expected growth last year, Malaysia’s economy grew strongly in the first half...