CASNA is a regional initiative to strengthen the capacity of individuals and institutions to solve key food and nutrition issues facing the region’s people. It brings together the expertise of key food and nutrition institutes in Asia to promote and sustain progress in poverty alleviation and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. A mechanism of regional cooperation and partnership between Trainer and Trainee Institutions is facilitated and promoted in order to strengthen research, policy formulation, as well as the design, management, supervision and evaluation of food and nutrition programs.