The 2008 episode of food price explosion, political turmoil, and human suffering revealed important flaws in the current global food architecture. This paper argues that to safeguard the strengths of the current system, four failures in market functioning and policymaking must be addressed....

This paper offers an overview of factors that are decisive forproductivity increase in the agricultural sector (bothfarming and agro-food). An attempt is made to explain differences intotal factor productivity in agriculture indifferent countries by means of meta-analysis, in particular, byusing...

Food security remains a major concern among the APEC member economies. A simple and crude exercise shows that the region collectively could supply each member economy's demands for rice, maize and wheat. Thus, there is a potential role for enhanced intra-APEC agricultural trade to address food...

Investments in agricultural research and extension have consistently demonstrated high rates of return in Asia and the Pacific. However, the recent global food crisis exposed the vulnerability of food supply systems and reversed many past achievements in the fight against hunger and...

This report contributes to the project "Securing agriculture and rural development in times of COVID-19, pathways to regional responses for recovery, reforms, and resilience" by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The objectives of the report are threefold: 1) to...

Food security is an urgent issue in Southeast Asia. Its population continues to grow, high rates of malnutrition, declining agricultural productivity, and the Covid-19 pandemic, worsening the situation of food availability and affordability, especially for vulnerable communities. The ASEAN...