This synthesis report is the result of close, collaborative research initiated by the Asian Development Bank in partnership with Foreign Affairs, Trade and Deve

The international food system is increasingly at risk. Increasing demand, limited and diminishing resources and rising volatility are putting new pressures on t

Contributed articles discussed at national consultations during 2001.

Ensuring a secure supply of food is essential, given the world's (and especially Asia's) growing population, high and volatile food prices, increasingly scarce

Food security is one of the greatest challenges of our time. The food price crisis of 2008 exposed the vulnerabilities of the global food system. Governments ac