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yone has access to the nutritious food they need to live healthier lives. , Practitioners, researchers, and policymakers have rightly moved beyond focusing solely on food security to also focus on nutrition security—that is, access to healthy food.

f global rice production., The agri-food sector in Southeast Asia is poised for explosive growth against an ever-challenging landscape. , Multiple new studies point to a notable gap in agri-food investments in Southeast Asia, especially for transformational farming practices that could increase yields, reduce land use, protect biodiversity, and reduce emissions.

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ing food insecurity to a new level globally., In response to social unrest, increased food protectionism hurts efforts to improve food security. , Extreme weather—more severe droughts, flooding, landslides, and unexpected frost due to global warming—are also damaging crops worldwide at an increasing frequency and volume.

suffering in communities around the world., Research and experience confirm that an equitable food system is driven by resilient enterprises. , Reactionary solutions are insufficient for solving the food and malnutrition crisis. Of course, philanthropic and government programs must support an adequate social safety net and deploy humanitarian assistance.

s., Small-scale farmers contribute least to greenhouse gas emissions but bear the brunt of the impacts. , Climate Change and Inequality: The Threat Multiplier Climate change is another factor that disproportionately affects the poor and vulnerable.

nto older cohorts to reduce the risks of viruses such as COVID-19—and, potentially worse, deadly bacterial infections., Fixing the food supply chain would go a long way to reducing pandemic risks in the future, while massively advancing healthy aging., The area I want to touch on briefly relates to the work on food I have been doing during lockdown—specifically, the zoonotic origin of pandemics.

t will change the way we think about many things, including how food arrives (or doesn’t arrive) on our plates., While we’re still learning how to fight the virus, we already know how to feed our people. And we know that fighting the current crisis gives us the opportunity to make long-term improvements to our food ecosystem. ,

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