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Highlights: During the COVID-19 pandemic it became widely understood that strong supply chains have the power to save lives. Many countries face a myriad of challenges...

This publication presents some examples in which recommendations from the SMC’s White Paper on Planet Friendly School Meals on transforming food systems by promoting healthy diets, sustainable...

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...

Highlights Past studies showed limited effects of school gardens on children's food choices. We test a novel design that trains children and caregivers in...

Objective: To examine inequalities and opportunity gaps in co-coverage of health and nutrition interventions in seven countries. Methods: We used data from the most recent (2015–2018) demographic and...

This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the WFP Nepal Country Office and covers the Baseline Study of USDA McGovern Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition (FFECN)...

ABOUT THIS NOTE This research note presents findings on the availability of diet-related data in publicly available population-based surveys conducted in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan in the last decade...

We study the effect of conflict in Nepal on dietary diversity as proxied by food consumption scores (FCS). By comparing pre-violence and peak-violence data and using household fixed effects...