FAO calls for redoubling efforts and investments to overcome malnutrition in Asia and the Pacific

ASIA - Although agricultural growth in Asia is more pro-poor than growth in all the other sectors, with 35 percent of the world's undernourished population residing in South Asia, the prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting is higher in this region than anywhere else in the world, FAO said today.
calendar icon 22 May 2006
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