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ADB to devote $14B to help ease food crisis in Asia-Pacific

FILE - A vendor prepares freshly butchered chickens at the Kampung Baru wet market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. The Asian Development Bank said Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, it will devote at least $14 billion through 2025 to help ease a worsening food crisis in the Asia-Pacific. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

FILE - A man shops for vegetables at a market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 10,2022. The Asian Development Bank said Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, it will devote at least $14 billion through 2025 to help ease a worsening food crisis in the Asia-Pacific. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

FILE - People carry harvested paddy in a rice field on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. The Asian Development Bank said Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, it will devote at least $14 billion through 2025 to help ease a worsening food crisis in the Asia-Pacific. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

ADB to devote $14B to help ease food crisis in Asia-Pacific