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Book (stand-alone)FAO Regional Priority Framework 2010-2019: Towards a food-secure Asia and the Pacific 2010
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No results found.As embedded in its Constitution, FAO's mandate is to raise the level of nutrition and standard of living of the people, secure sustainable improvements in efficiency of production and distribution of food and agricultural products, improve the condition of the rural population, contribute to an expanding world economy and ensure humanity's sustainable freedom from hunger. In this context, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific set out to translate FAO's strategic objectives into five r egional priority issues which are (a) strengthening food and nutritional security, (b) fostering agricultural production and rural development, (c) enhancing equitable, productive and sustainable natural resource management and utilization, (d) improving capacity to respond to food and agricultural threats and emergencies and (e) coping with the impact of climate change on food and agriculture. This publication sets out the regional priorities for the region in detail to 2019 and the implementat ion strategy for achieving the results. -
Book (stand-alone)Towards a food-secure Asia and Pacific. Regional Strategic Framework for Asia and the Pacific, second edition 2004
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No results found.The product of a year-long effort, this document reiterates FAO’s global vision and mission in sustainable agriculture and food security, and articulates the elements of strategy that FAO and its member countries in Asia and the Pacific might adopt to realize them. Six thematic programme areas are identified to guide the Asia-Pacific region in national and collective actions towards achieving the World Food Summit target of halving the number of undernourished by 2015. These are: restructuring o f the agricultural sector; decentralizing governance in support of sustainable development; reducing vulnerability to disasters; promoting effective and equitable management, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources; strengthening biosecurity; and alleviating poverty in rice-based livelihood systems. Within each thematic area, the general rationale, goal, objectives, strategic elements, outcomes and impact indicators are given and an implementation strategy is outlined. -
Book (series)Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2019
Placing nutrition at the centre of social protection
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No results found.Asia-Pacific is home to well over half of all people worldwide who do not obtain sufficient dietary energy to maintain normal, active, healthy lives. To achieve SDG 2 in the region, more than 3 million people must escape hunger each month from now until December 2030. In most countries in the region, the diets of more than half of all very young children (aged 6–23 months) fail to meet minimum standards of diversity, leading to micronutrient deficiencies that affect child development and therefore the potential of future generations. The high prevalence of stunting and wasting among children under five years of age is a result of these deficiencies. Only four countries in the region are on track to meet the global target of a 40 percent reduction in the number of stunted children between 2012 and 2025.At the same time, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is rising steadily among children and adults, negatively affecting health and well-being. Addressing the resultant burden of diet-related non-communicable diseases places great strain on national healthcare budgets and also causes productivity losses. Social protection is an important way of reducing inequality and mitigating the impacts of disasters, and it is expanding in the region. A special section of this report discusses how to develop social protection programmes that accelerate progress in eradicating hunger and malnutrition.
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