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Asia and the Pacific – Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2022

Urban food security and nutrition

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 168

Author FAO, UNICEF, WFP, WHO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-137551-8

Series title Asia and the Pacific – Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition

Series number 2022

Synopsis (short abstract) This is the fifth edition of the Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition annual report. This publication is led by FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) and jointly contributed to by United Nations' partner agencies (UNICEF, WFP, WHO), on the region’s progress (or lack thereof) to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (in particular SDG 2 – Ending Hunger) and the World Health Assembly (WHA) 2030 targets on food security and nutrition. In recent years, previous editions reported that progress was stalling, then regressing and then more recently pushing us further off track. This reverse was evident even before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in 2020. The decline continued and worsened during the pandemic and the data is captured in this report. Updated estimates on the cost and affordability of a healthy diet show that nearly 45 percent of the region’s population cannot afford one. Reducing the cost of a healthy diet and making it more affordable is a critical element for achieving ending hunger (SDG2) and also the other SDGs. This year’s report also looks closely at food security and nutrition in urban areas which will increasingly contribute to the progress in SDG indicators as the proportion of the urban population across the region is set to cross 50 percent in this decade. Last update: 15/03/2023

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FAO, UNICEF, WFP & WHO. 2023. Asia and the Pacific – Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2022. Urban food security and nutrition. Bangkok, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc3990en

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