Food security is an overriding concern and pressing issue in the Southeast Asian region and has very serious implications on the poverty reduction efforts of the governments and international development organizations.

At the supply side, food security is affected by production levels of farmers, climate change hazards/risks and amount of investments poured into agriculture including support services, among others. On the demand side, food security levels can be influenced by trade routes and supply chains, changing patterns of consumption in some countries which can cause deficits in net importing countries, government actions as a response to international events, effects of the Southeast Asian regional trade integration and the region adapting to a more liberalized global trade environment.

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