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In Asia and the Pacific, social protection is recognised as a critical tool for improving food security, addressing the root causes of malnutrition and protecting people from risks and shocks. Over the past...

Highlights: High-frequency indicators of food affordability are unavailable in LMICs. Agencies invested in food price data after 2008, but not income or wage data. We...

Highlights: High-frequency indicators of food affordability are unavailable in LMICs. Agencies invested in food price data after 2008, but not income or wage data. We...

This report provides an in-depth analysis based on two assessments conducted in 2023 and a comprehensive overview of food security situation in 2023 including the seasonal comparison. In 2022, Sri...

This scoping review examines the existing evidence on the impacts of the ongoing crisis in six countries in Asia and the Pacific region. This report provides relevant insights on the shocks faced by the region...

The Global Report on Food Crisis (GRFC) 2024 estimated that about 281.6 million people in 59 food crisis countries and territories faced high levels of acute...

In 2021, WFP distributed 1,478,081 MT of fortified foods – the equivalent of more than 3 billion rations, or enough for 17 million people to have their daily...

In Asia and the Pacific Region, WFP provides a wide range of strategic and technical support and capacity strengthening services across 17 countries, with a view to improving the coverage, comprehensiveness...

This study is one of a set of country scoping studies commissioned by WFP’s Regional Bureau Bangkok exploring the use of social protection to enhance WFP’s work on improving food...

This synthesis report presents an updated analysis of the social protection landscape in Asia and the Pacific and identifies priorities for enhancing both food security and nutrition and improving responses to risks...