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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...

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...

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...

Highlights: 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...

Highlights COVID-19 pandemic has had differentiated impacts for distinct types of farming systems. Small and medium scale entrepreneurial systems were the farming systems...

Mongolia is severely affected by adverse climate change impacts, including substantially higher temperatures that have contributed to increased evapotranspiration and the drying up of the country’s water resources. Moreover...

This technical report presents the key policy measures for the transition towards sustainable food systems in 17 developing countries. For each country, the analysis is based on the integrative review...

This factsheet presents recent data on the agricultural research system of Panama, primarily focusing on key financial, human resource, institutional, and output indicators, while also highlighting...

The ambition of this synthesis report is to provide the comprehensive list of priority actions for food systems transformation in Mongolia.