Chiew Foan Chin, Ee Von Goh, Andrew C. Clarke, Michelle Li Ern Ang, Pau Loke Show, Christina V. Supramaniam, Asgar Ali, Susan Azam-Ali, Richard Beyer, Alvin Culaba, Heli Siti Halimatul Munawaroh, Kinaai Kairo, Kuan Shiong Khoo, Gaik Cheng Khoo, Patricia Matanjun, Festo Massawe, Miang H. Lim, Revathy Sankaran, Malinee Sriariyanun, Bernard Nino Q. Membrebe, Peter Noy, Alex M. Lechner
Food is one of the basic necessities for human life. Nutritious food is essential for human health and helps oneself live up to our best potential as productive members of society. In spite of this, 3 billion people are estimated to have limited access to nutrient-rich food, and there are 768 million undernourished people in the globe today. There are still concerns with food systems and food security, despite the fast economic transformation of low-and middle-income nations in Maritime Southeast Asia and Oceania over the past 10 years. These issues include dwindling agricultural land, deforestation, ineffective food supply networks, environmental degradation, changing and unhealthy diets, non-communicable diseases, disappearing cultural legacy, and ineffective policies. These problems are exacerbated by climate change, natural hazards, and pandemic shocks. This review explores the perspectives of food systems that relates to all the elements and activities in transforming agri-food industry. In this paper, we discuss the challenges and solutions to transforming food systems in this region to achieve a sustainable and healthy diet for all, with the perspective of bringing the region closer toward the UN sustainable development goals. This paper is an outcome of the deliberations that took place during the Food Security in Small Islands and Developing States workshop in 2020. It also includes insights from subsequent expert group sessions that focused on the following topics: Agriculture and Food Systems; Nutrition, Health, and Culture; Innovations and Digitalization in Food Systems; as well as Policies Coordination and Future Shocks. Copyright © 2024 Chin, Goh, Clarke, Ang, Show, Supramaniam, Ali, Azam-Ali, Beyer, Culaba, Munawaroh, Kairo, Khoo, Khoo, Matanjun, Massawe, Lim, Sankaran, Sriariyanun, Membrebe, Noy and Lechner.
Future Food Malaysia and School of Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Malaysia; Healthy Diets Flagship, World Vegetable Center Headquarters, Tainan, Taiwan; Future Food Beacon of Excellence and School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom; School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Malaysia; Department of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Malaysia; School of Science, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, Kent, United Kingdom; Food Science Consultant, South Pacific Region, Fiji; Mechanical Engineering Department, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines; Center for Engineering and Sustainable Development Research, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines; Study Program of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia; Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agriculture Developments, Tarawa, Kiribati; Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; School of Media, Languages and Cultures, The University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Malaysia; Food Security Research Laboratory, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; Nelson, New Zealand; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand; Innovation and Technology Support Office, Eastern Visayas State University, Tacloban, Philippines; Future Food Beacon, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom; Monash University Indonesia, Tangerang, Indonesia
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