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Bold new thinking and decisive action will be needed to reshape and re-engineer food systems in Asia and the Pacific to make them more responsive, more.
Friday, 11 June 2021, 6:28 am
Bold new thinking and decisive action will be needed to
reshape and re-engineer food systems in Asia and the Pacific
to make them more responsive, more dynamic and more
equitable to meet the nutritional and other needs of the
most populous yet most undernourished region of the
world, a specially convened high-level meeting heard
today.
The Asia-Pacific
Regional Food Systems Dialogue was organized by six
United Nations agencies in response to strong interest from
governments and other stakeholders in re-examining how food
is produced, processed and consumed, prompted in part by the
COVID-19 pandemic and its related impacts. The recovery
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 5:28 am
05/05/2021, Bangkok, Thailand – The
36th Session of the Asia-Pacific
Fishery Commission (APFIC) has wrapped up the first of
its three-day biennial session, convened in its first
all-virtual format, amid ongoing uncertainties created
within fishery-food supply chains caused by the global
pandemic.
In opening the Commission Session, the
Director-General of the Department of Fisheries of the Royal
Thai Government noted that the onset of COVID-19 had placed
a tremendous impact on the world s socio-economic situation
in all regions, in particular, the fisheries and aquaculture
sectors.
“The whole supply chain from farms or nets
to plate is seriously affected,” said Mesak Pakdeekong.