Those responsible for producing, processing and overseeing the food we eat must take more collaborative and decisive action if the Asia-Pacific region is to achieve the zero hunger target of the Sustainable Development Goals by the 2030 deadline, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and partners warned on the close of a multi-UN agency symposium on diets and nutrition.

The two-day “Asia Pacific Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition,” organized by FAO in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF and the World Bank, brought together more than 250 experts and policy-makers from across the region to take stock, share best practices and propose policies and programmes about how adjustments to food systems can bring about better nutrition for all, especially the most vulnerable.