- Asia and the Pacific is the world’s largest food market. By 2030 it will likely account for half the global increase in annual beef and poultry consumption.
Source: Asia’s Future Farms - Globally, 815 million people went to bed unfed or half-fed in 2016, compared to 777 million the year before. If unchecked, this trend could cause a mass exodus of rural populations to urban areas.
Source: The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017 - By 2030, there could be up to 26,000 child deaths annually in developing Asia due to undernutrition related to climate change.
Source: Climate Change Impacts on Human Systems in Asia and the Pacific - In Central Asia, climate threats to food security could reduce livelihood options in agriculture, potentially triggering migration movements within the region or further abroad.
Source: A Region at Risk: The Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific - Across developing Asia, water stress from reduced rainfall, salinity, glacial retreat, and desertification are expected to hit water stocks, drastically increasing food and water prices by 2060.
Source: The Next Migrant Wave - Rice yields in the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam could decline by as much as 50% by the end of this century without efforts to combat climate change.
Source: Climate Change Impacts on Human Systems in Asia and the Pacific - Labor is becoming scarce on developing Asia’s farms. India’s agricultural workforce fell from 259 million in 2004-2005 to 228 million in 2011–2012.
Source: Safe, Nutritious, and Affordable Food for All: ADB Food Security Forum 2016 Discussions and Recommendations - In the Mekong Delta, a major rice planting area, floods exceeding the normal depth of between 0.5 meters and 4 meters are becoming more frequent—increasing the risk of food insecurity.
Source: A Region at Risk: The Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific - Developing Asia needs to improve irrigation to feed its rapidly growing population. Upgraded irrigation systems must yield more crop per drop.
Source: Financing Asian Irrigation: Choices Before Us - Countries can produce more food with less inputs by giving women equal access to resources, education, and markets.
Source: Women farmers can make Asia more food-secure - Modern agricultural cooperatives can increase food supply and boost farmer incomes, while helping them adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Source: Asia’s Future Farms - Land tenure rights and migration policies need re-examining across the region, to organize small-scale farmers so they can produce more food with less.
Source: Food Security in Asia and the Pacific
Source : ADB
