FAO Subregional Office for the Pacific
Areas of work
Better production
In the Pacific Islands region, FAO strived to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, through efficient and inclusive food and agriculture supply chains at local, regional and global level, ensuring resilient and sustainable agrifood systems in a changing climate and environment.
Programme Priority Areas:
- Innovation for sustainable agriculture production
- Blue transformation
- One Health
- Small-scale producers’ equitable access to resources
- Digital agriculture
Better nutrition
In the Pacific Islands region, FAO strived to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition in all its forms, including promoting nutritious food and increasing access to healthy diets.
Programme Priority Areas:
- Healthy diets for all
- Nutrition for the most vulnerable
- Safe food for everyone
- Reducing food loss and waste
- Transparent markets and trade.
Better environment
In the Pacific Islands region, FAO strives to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial and marine ecosystems and combat climate change (reduce, reuse, recycle, residual management) through more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems.
Programme Priority Areas:
- Climate change mitigating and adapted agri-food systems
- Bioeconomy for sustainable food and agriculture
- Biodiversity and ecosystem services for food and agriculture
- Achieving sustainable urban food systems.
Better life
In the Pacific Islands region, FAO strives to promote inclusive economic growth by reducing inequalities (urban/rural areas, rich/poor countries, men/women).
Programme Priority Areas:
- Gender equality and rural women’s empowerment
- Inclusive rural transformation
- Agriculture and food emergencies
- Resilient agri-food systems
- Hand-in-Hand (HIH) Initiative
- Scaling up investment.