Asia and the Pacific – Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2021

Abstract

This most recent report on the state of food security and nutrition in Asia and the Pacific tells a grim story. The pre-existing food security and nutrition situation in Asia and the Pacific in 2019, described in last year's report, was already quite discouraging. Progress had stalled in reducing the number of underhourished, and the prevalence of certain nutritional indicators, such as stunting in children five years of age, was much too high.