This report includes the work done at the APEC Seminar: Strengthening Rural Areas as a Contribution to Food Security in the Asia-Pacific Region, on 20-21 June 2019 in the city of Chillan, in the Ñuble region of Chile.

The seminar’s main objective was to promote collaboration and exchange of knowledge for the development of rural areas, with a new paradigm of the rural world as a place of opportunities, favoring urban-rural connections and contributing to food safety. To improve the implementation of existing and future policies and strengthen the commitment of APEC economies with their rural territories.