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Highlights: It examines undernourishment in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Cambodia, and Timor-Leste. Stunting, wasting, and underweight among children aged 0 to 59 months in rural...

The report serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, and stakeholders to learn more about the cost and availability of nutritious diets in Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste is facing high acute food...

Timor-Leste is confronted by a worsening food security situation that demands urgent attention and action. In the current period of analysis (November 2023 – April 2024), corresponding to the lean...

Highlights on food insecurity, malnutrition, agricultural production, and related policy recommendations: Food Insecurity Despite a significant drop since last year, commodity prices remain higher...

Highlights Cooking oil prices increased by 17 percent within the month of April and a further 54 percent in one year on account of reduced global supply coupled...

Highlights As the price of fuel increases substantially, a noticeable upward trend in food prices was observed across Timor-Leste in March 2022 compared to the previous...

Following the heavy rains across Timor-Leste in early April 2021 that resulted in flash floods and landslides in all the 13 municipalities, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) requested...

An uptick in the nominal price of local rice observed in the last two weeks of September following steady declines in the preceding months. Based on seasonal patterns, nominal prices...

A significant drop in local rice prices as the main harvest nearly complete, signalling increased availability. Policy-wise, direct institutional purchases of local rice from local farmers...

Local rice supply continues to improve seasonally as harvests continue in several municipalities. As such on the back of relatively above average harvest, a further weakening or stable grain...