A report by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), “Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Asia and the Pacific”, highlights that food insecurity is still very much alive in the Asia Pacific region, home to the largest number of hungry people. Sustainable agriculture and food security was the theme topic at the ESCAP’s annual Commission session in Bangkok that ended on 29 April 2009. The report was the focus of discussions of the ministerial round table.
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