KEY MESSAGES International wheat prices declined in March 2024, amid ample global supplies, relatively favourable conditions of crops still to be harvested and strong competition on international...
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KEY MESSAGES International wheat prices declined in March 2024, amid ample global supplies, relatively favourable conditions of crops still to be harvested and strong competition on international...
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REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the fifteenth week of 2024, the ASEAN region experienced 28 disasters, including floods, landslides, storms, and wind-related disasters. Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand were...
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Nearing the end of El Niño El Niño remains but is nearing its end, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). Oceanic indicators such as tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures still...
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REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the fourteenth week of 2024, the ASEAN region experienced 26 disasters, including floods, landslides, storms, and wind-related disasters. Indonesia and Thailand were reportedly...
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Overview In East Africa, Belg planting continues in Ethiopia with concern due to persisting dryness. Across the south of the region, planting of main season cereals is ramping up with concern due to...
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REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the thirteenth-week of 2024, the ASEAN region experienced 29 disasters, including floods, landslides, storms, and wind-related disasters. Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and...
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[Excerpt] Strategic workstream Advisory and technical advice to specific country networks Activities AAP Map needs and priorities of AAP focal points, with a focus on countries piloting or scaling up...
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Joint media release with: The Hon Pat Conroy MP, Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Minister for Defence Industries Australia is supporting our region to end tuberculosis by...
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What drives demand for migrant and refugee smuggling in Southeast Asia? New research from UNODC Bangkok, 26 March 2024 Tens of thousands of people are smuggled every year in Southeast Asia because of...
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KEY MESSAGES ↗International prices of all major cereals declined in February 2024. Ample supplies and strong competition among exporters underpinned a decline in wheat and maize prices. International...
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Governments in Asia and the Pacific imposed some of the strictest and longest-lasting limits on human mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic, triggering a collapse in migration, stranding migrants...
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On February 19, the TaiwanICDF signed a memorandum of understanding with the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC) of the Asia-Pacific region. The agreement strengthens agricultural...
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Overview: In East Africa, planting of Belg season maize is underway in Ethiopia, and planting of main season cereals is underway in the south of the region. Conditions are generally favourable except...
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El Niño remains active, with a weakening trend evident in oceanic indicators. According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, sea surface temperatures in the central tropical Pacific and...
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MANILA -- Measles cases went up 255% from 2022 to 2023 in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region, an increase caused by gaps in vaccination coverage and disease surveillance and...
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Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance: East Asia and the Pacific - Early Recovery, Risk Reduction, and Resilience, Fiscal Year (FY) 2023
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REGIONAL SUMMARY In Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA) provided more than $50 million to partner organizations conducting early recovery, risk reduction,...
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Overall losses from natural disasters in 2023: US$ 250bn; more than 74,000 fatalities Insured global losses of US$ 95bn close to five-year average (US$ 105bn) and above the ten-year average (US$...
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Introduction The impacts of climate change in the Asia-Pacific region threaten to undo hard-won gains in sustainable development that countries have made in recent decades. Climate change is putting...