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Food Security in Asia and the Pacific
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2013-08-01
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9292542257
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This synthesis report is the result of close, collaborative research initiated by the Asian Development Bank in partnership with Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; and the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia. Fourteen background papers were commissioned to investigate food security issues particularly pertinent for Asia and the Pacific. The report synthesizes and collates the primary findings from these papers to articulate key policy challenges and opportunities related to food security in the region.
Battling Climate Change and Transforming Agri-Food Systems
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2022-12-01
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9292700030
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Asian Development Bank hosted the Asia-Pacific Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2022 to prompt governments to provide leadership to rethink the future of agriculture amid complex and evolving challenges; explore new research, innovations, and technologies to build nature-positive food systems; and forge partnerships and collaboration to mobilize financing for innovation, research, and business for food and nutrition security. This publication provides the forum’s key highlights and takeaways on sustainable, resilient, and inclusive food systems, financing for sustainable agriculture and natural capital, nutrition security, and the rural–urban divide, and offers recommendations for moving forward.
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Asia and the Pacific
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Publisher: United Nations Publications
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9789211205787
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The study is focused on the impact food insecurity on the Asia-Pacific region and how to deal with it. Access to food and not the supply of food is central to food security. Thus, Governments need to develop and strengthen social protection programmes and improve the availability of food at the national and local levels. In the medium term, it is critical to support the revitalization of small-scale sustainable food production. The study examines the environmental, economic and social challenges that are the roots of the region.
Financing Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems in Asia and the Pacific
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2021-11-01
Total Pages: 73
ISBN-13: 9292691309
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted food security issues and nutrition gaps in Asia and the Pacific, where various risks and fragilities have continually affected the food and agriculture sector. There is a clear need to integrate sustainable management of natural resources, nutritional considerations, and the economic dimensions of food supply chains to enhance resilience and mitigate climate change. This publication explores how innovative financing and transformative knowledge solutions can help address the financing gaps and other challenges of food systems in the region.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development
Food for All
Food Security and the Modernisation Pathway in China
Author: Marie-Hélène Schwoob
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-01-26
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 331965702X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book aims at providing students, experts and practitioners with a detailed overview of agricultural and food security issues in China, analyzed through the lenses of a multidisciplinary approach that enables to fully grasp the current socio-political challenges and lock-ins of agricultural transformation towards more sustainable practices. Confronted to a running decrease and degradation of its resources and rapidly evolving food habits, China became a net importer of food in 2004, and its agricultural balance has since become heavier every day. Beyond providing a comprehensive overview of these stakes, this book also presents consistent and original first hand research material, collected by the author during months of fieldwork in China, in the countryside and from various economic and political circles. Conclusions drawn from this often difficult to access) fieldwork shed light on the whole galaxy of public and private stakeholders taking part in agricultural modernization in China, on their interests and on the patterns of power that underlie the development and implementation of agricultural policies.
The Growth and Sustainability of Agriculture in Asia
Author: Mingsan Khāosaʻāt
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book presents an extensive account of the green revolution's effect on the performance of Asian agriculture over the past two decades, as well as the second-generation problems that the green revolution is now experiencing.
Sustainable Agriculture, Poverty, and Food Security
Author: Asian Society of Agricultural Economists. Conference
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Collection Of Papers Presented At Sustainable Agriculture, Poverty And Food Security In Asia: The Perspectives For The 21St Century, Conference Held In 2000 Presents In 2 Volume. The Papers Throuoghly Revised And Edited For This Book And Will Be Useful For Policy Makers, Development Administrators, Public Analyses And Academic Community In The Developing World.
