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About 1 in 3 children under the age of 5 in Lao PDR is malnourished, with the rate being even higher in remote rural areas and among ethnic minorities...

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 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...

This paper was developed collaboratively with the World Food Programme’s Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific based in Bangkok (RBB) between July 2022 and May 2023. The paper...

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) (population 7.2 million in 2021) is a low middle-income Southeast Asia country with a high prevalence of malnutrition, high stunting...

This publication contains stories from rural Laos, documenting strategies, techniques, and practices used by rural small-scale farmers. It highlights how they play a crucial role...

This publication describes climate-smart agriculture case studies that apply the five action points for CSA implementation. The action points are: expanding the evidence base for CSA...

This is a regional overview of the EU-funded 4-year "Partners Against Wildlife Crime” project (2019 to 2022), a 10M€ Action implemented through a consortium of 12 international and national partner...

Agri-food sectors in the region are experiencing environmental stress and threats to sustainability. A long-standing emphasis on raising production, coupled with constraints on land and water, has had negative...