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Abstract
Adequate, well maintained transportation infrastructure is a critical element of the Pacific food system in
addressing challenges of rapid urbanization. Policymakers must invest either in streamlining domestic
supply chains and/or in facilitating food imports through market opening measures. Economic
incentives, competitive transportation and logistic services, and policy reforms, both within the borders
of individual economies as well as across the Asia-Pacific region, are also necessary. Important progress
is being made in developing and expanding transportation infrastructure to better link food-producing
areas with fast growing urban centers. Creating modern infrastructure, improving related services and
reforming policies will help build a more seamless Asia-Pacific food system.