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Asia and the Pacific Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition

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Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 1p.

Author FAO;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) Rapid developments in the Asia-Pacific region are presenting new challenges to provide healthy food environments for all that promote access to nutritious, safer and affordable diets. This changing environment has led to a growing and multi-faceted malnutrition crisis. Clearly, we are now at a tipping point where there is an urgent need to reshape our food systems if we are to stem these current negative trends.

Meeting Session Number Asia and the Pacific Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition

Language English

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