Beyond Vaccines: Asia’s Food and Water Future
- May 10, 2022
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 1, 2022
In the second part of the Asia Thinker Series (Beyond Vaccines) on 30 challenges faced in the post-COVID world, moderator Professor Benjamin Cashore, Li Ka Shing Professor in Public Management and Director of Public Policy Initiative for Environment and Sustainability (PPIES) at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), NUS, navigates a conversation with guest experts – Dr Thomas Panella, Director of Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Division (East Asia Department) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Dr Máximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, Professor Paul Teng, Adjunct Senior Fellow, at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), NTU, and Assistant Professor Sreeja Nair, at LKYSPP – on the challenges and possibilities of Asia’s food and water security in the near future.
In the face of rapid climate change, a shaky global political stage and a world beset by an ongoing pandemic, the future of Asia’s food and water security for every nation in the region is increasingly pressing. Ensuring a forward resilience and sustainability now without succumbing to the one-step-forward-and-two-back dance wrought by an uneven pandemic response is crucial.
Read the full article here: https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/gia/article/beyond-vaccines-asia-s-food-and-water-future
Article originally published on https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/gia
What stood out in the article was the focus on Asia’s food and water future beyond vaccines, especially the way it highlights how interconnected public health, agriculture, and water security really are. The discussion around long-term resilience rather than short-term interventions feels particularly important, since it shifts attention toward systems that need to function well under pressure over time, not just during immediate crises. It made me think about how these large-scale challenges often require coordination across multiple sectors, and how easily gaps can appear when priorities are uneven. In a broader sense, it also reminded me how people sometimes look for structured support when dealing with complex or high-pressure situations in other areas of life, whether professional or academic,…
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