How ASEAN cross-country learning is boosting the Philippines' food systems transformation

Throughout 2025, the Alliance’s Food Environment and Consumer Behavior (FECB) team in Vietnam has been partnering with the Philippines’ Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) to co-develop the country’s Food System Country Profile. Under the ASEAN-CGIAR Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security- Intervention Package 8 (IP8) Program, the collaboration represents a significant step in building the evidence base necessary for sustainable food systems transformation in the Philippines and across the neighboring Southeast Asian nations.