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ASEAN Food & Agriculture 'Road to COP27' Series Gathers Critical Climate Change Inputs from Region's Stakeholders

Over 100 Key Stakeholders take part in Indonesia, Philippines & Vietnam National Workshops SINGAPORE, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ A first-ever initiative and roadshow to seek key stakeholder input on climate change mitigation and adaptation with Southeast Asia food production has concluded prior to the start of COP27 in Egypt this weekend. The ASEAN Food & Agriculture 'Road to COP27' Series, co-coordinated by Canada-ASEAN Business Council, EU-ASEAN Business Council, US-ASEAN Business Council and CropLife Asia, convened national workshops in the capitals of Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam - collectively bringing together over 100 government, civil society, and private sector stakeholders. A host of recommendations were raised by stakeholders during the three national sessions, including: growing the role national farming cooperatives can play with related training; education capacity-building for smallholder farmers with greater adoption of new innovations that can ....

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CropLife Asia Supports UN Call for Food & Agriculture Policies Enabling Affordable Healthy Diets for all

SINGAPORE, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ With the release of the United Nations (UN) 2022 State of Food Security & Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, CropLife Asia is taking the opportunity to stress regional partnership and collaboration among all food systems stakeholders in advancing policies that make safe, affordable, and nutritious food more accessible for everyone. As the 2022 SOFI Report details, the challenge of feeding a hungry world is now further exacerbated by climate change, COVID-19 and conflict. Specifically, the report estimates that between 702 and 828 million people were affected by hunger in 2021. Hunger continues to rise in regions such as Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean with the greatest number of the world's hungry residing in Asia at 425 million.[1]The prevalence of undernourishment also increased from 9.3 % in 2020 to 9.8 % in 2021.[2]The report also estimates that almost 3.1 billion people could not afford a healthy diet in 2020[3] with ....

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