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2021 10 February

How COVID-19 has harmed nutrition in Asia and the Pacific

The impact of COVID-19 on the world’s most populous region is threatening access to healthy diet for nearly two billion people in Asia and the Pacific. This is the conclusion of a report recently published by UNICEF, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the...

2020 31 December

Youth Nutrition Champions make their voices heard in Cambodia

David Martin | SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

* Originally published by the UN Network for SUN The emerging third phase of the SUN Movement, to be launched in 2021, places an increased emphasis on youth engagement. On this front, Cambodia is ahead of the game. Since 2018, Youth Nutrition Champions (YNC) selected and...

2020 09 September

Leveraging innovation, partnership to shore up food security in Asia and the Pacific

David Martin | Agriculture Climate food security Food systems Regional initiatives SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Transforming food systems in Asia and the Pacific to make them more sustainable, resilient and productive, is vital for countries to rebound from the impact of COVID-19 and address chronic undernourishment, a UN regional forum on food security has heard. Gathered virtually at the UN Food...

2020 18 August

Nutrition Can’t Wait – SUN Civil Society Asia Coordination Group launches advocacy campaign

David Martin | Advocacy Breastfeeding Child nutrition Regional initiatives Women's nutrition SUN Civil Society Network 0

By: Irshad Danish, Nutrition International and Alison Farnham MA, MMedSci, Action for Development #Nutrition Can’t Wait - The COVID-19 pandemic is a health and human crisis threatening the food security and nutrition of millions of people around the world. Low and lower middle-income countries are more...

2020 29 July

Joining forces for better nutrition in Cambodia

Frederik Weidner | Nutrition SUN Movement Pooled Fund Youth SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

A SUN Movement Pooled Fund story as told by the SUN-CSA Cambodia Nutrition programming and organizations were once scattered and uncoordinated, but we as the SUN Civil Society Alliance (CSA) and with the support of the SUN Movement Pooled Fund, have been able to bring together civil...

2020 24 July

Empowering youth for food system improvement and healthy diets in Cambodia

David Martin | Food systems Healthy Diets Nutrition Youth SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The engagement of youth in food systems improvement and healthy diets in Cambodia is a means for sharing information and increasing awareness of youth, linking youth to policy processes and creating awareness of the importance of youth for other stakeholders. FAO has found in other...

2020 24 June

A call for more innovative policies in Asia-Pacific to ensure food security and nutrition in the wake of COVID-19

David Martin | COVID19 food security Nutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 requires a greater coordinated response on many policy levels, but particularly to ensure food security and nutrition for billions of people in the vast Asia-Pacific region, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported. FAO’s Regional Office...

2020 22 May

Impacts of COVID-19 on SMEs in the food system

David Martin | SUN Business Network 0

* Originally published by the SUN Business Network The SUN Business Network (co-convened by GAIN and WFP), undertook a survey of food system SMEs in 17 SUN Countries in early May 2020, aiming to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated control measures on their businesses and to identify...

2020 06 May

COVID19 pandemic impact on the future of Southeast Asia’s food security

David Martin | COVID19 Food systems SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

As COVID-19 continues to threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Southeast Asia, additional concerns are being raised about the longer term health of the sub-region’s food systems – a complex matrix involving farmers, fishers, labourers, drivers, cold storage, food processors, retailers,...

2020 25 April

ASEAN pledges to ensure food security during COVID-19 outbreak

David Martin | Agriculture COVID19 Food systems Policies & laws SUN Country Network 0

Deeply concerned with the potential impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on ASEAN cooperation in food, agriculture and forestry and the disruption of the food supply chain in the region, the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) issued a Joint Statement on 15 April reaffirming commitment to ensure food security, food...