High reliance on food imports, unbalanced diets, limited cultivable land, scarce fresh water resources and remoteness are typical food security constraints for Small...
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Background The East Asia region is facing an increasing burden of overweight, obesity and related noncommunicable diseases, resulting from an ongoing nutrition transition. This study aimed to document the growing...
Food price inflation has raised concerns about food insecurity and systemic crises in East and Southeast Asia, given the region’s population size, economic significance...
The Asia-Pacific region has seen rapid poverty reduction, having lifted 1.5 billion people out of extreme poverty in a few generations. Yet, millions continue...
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This agreement between the EU and its Member States and the Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States succeeds the Cotonou Agreement and will be known as the “Samoa Agreement”...
Most economies in developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP), other than several Pacific Island Countries, have recovered from the succession of shocks since 2020 and are continuing to grow...
WFP’s approach is to support Pacific governments and regional organizations to better anticipate, prepare for and respond to the impacts of climate change and other shocks on food security and nutrition, with a particular...
Recent food system shocks and increasing climate change exposures highlight the urgency of strengthening food systems at different scales, including global, regional and national, to achieve...
More than three years after the first COVID-19 case was discovered in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, it is time to take stock of the lasting effects—and...
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In Mongolia, livestock play an important role in food security, consumption, and pastoral animal husbandry traditions. However, the reliance on pastoral livestock and rainfed agriculture along...