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FOOD SECURITY
Food security exists when all people at all times have physical and economic access to safe and nutritious food for a healthy and active life (FAO, 1996).
Ingredients of Food Security
Access
Use of food through diet, clean water, sanitation and health to attain
nutritional well being.
Stability
Low risk of losing access to food as a consequence of shocks (economic or climatic risks) or cyclical events Refers to both access and availability.
Great Strides Have Been Made in SEA Toward Reducing Undernourishment During the Period 1990- 2012
160 Number of Undernourished (millions) 140
29.6 %
120
20 %
100
15.8 %
80 60
13.2 % 10.9 %
40
20 0
1990 - 92 1999 2001 2004 2006 2007 2009 2010 2012
Rapid Income Growth Has Supported Growth in Per Capita Food Consumption Across Asian Countries
Dietary Change Supported by Income Growth is Taking Place Across ASEAN Countries
7 % of Total Energy Supply 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1995-1997 2000 - 2002 2005 - 2007
The Contribution of Cereals and Starchy Roots to Caloric Intake in Diets is Declining is Declining
70 68
Kilocalories (%)
1995-1997
2000 - 2002
2005 - 2007
31.6
10
0
ASEAN
Asia-Pacific
10
% U R B A N
P O O R
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Source : UNESCAP
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Bio-energy production
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Can Food Be Increased from A Fully Exploited Arable Land Base and Scarcity of Water Resources?
FAO projections indicate that increasing food production would be feasible with an intensification of production.
The projected intensification will carry increased environmental pressure that needs to be addressed through improved and more eco-friendly and climatesmart cultivation techniques.
This also necessitates that greater attention be accorded to the development of food crops of high productivity that can grow well on marginal lands and that can tolerate growth in unique habitats such as fresh water swamps and saline conditions.
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Post-harvest Losses are high and food waste particularly table waste - is a growing problem across the region
Table Waste
Post-harvest Loss
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Thailand
Viet Nam
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Without appropriate policies, production of feedstock for biofuels will increasingly compete with food production and water use.
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Awareness must be raised at all level as to the impacts and implications of food losses and food waste on food security.
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Thank you