In Asia-Pacific, urbanization will dictate future nutrition solutions
CIAT's new strategic initiative on Sustainable Food Systems seeks to address food waste and accessibility to affordable and nutritious food for people living in cities and urban slums. Photo by: Georgina Smith / CIAT / CC BY-NC-SABANGKOK — In a region that hosts the majority of the world’s megacities, Asia is seeing malnutrition following the masses to urban areas.Urbanization can be a signal of positive social and economic development. But if it isn’t managed early and inclusively from a nutrition standpoint, rapid rural to urban transitions can also lead to dysfunctional food systems.
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