Redefining Food Security in the Asia-Pacific - Integrating food security with climate change and development

With the rise in undernourished people worldwide, ensuring food security and resilience has become an urgent, shared concern that requires long-term planning and commitment. Food security is commonly defined by four pillars—availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability—but do these definitions fully capture the complex risks that are faced by food systems.

The working paper to be published “Redefining Food Security in the Asia-Pacific: Integrating Sustainability, Agency, and Resilience in the Context of Climate Change and Development” examines this question and seeks to refine the definition by integrating climate change and development, both of which are crucial to food security. It also proposes integrating human security and climate security approaches while incorporating the three dimensions of sustainability, farmers' agency, and resilience into the conventional food security framework.

The webinar will explore the content and significance of these three new definitions, drawing from existing research and policy framework analyses in the Asia-Pacific region. Experts in food security, climate change, and development will then provide insights and discuss future prospects for enhancing food security in the region.