With hunger and obesity on the rise, a global forum aims to catalyze urgent action to end all forms of undernutrition by 2030

On 21 November 2018, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched its new Partnership with the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation (DNP) of the Royal Thai Government, on the forest and climate change program, widely known as REDD+ (Reduc...

New AMR publication launched and partnership expanded

More than 70 000 people to restore their food production for the long run

World’s biggest region at serious risk of missing 2030 targets to end all forms of malnutrition—from hunger to obesity

Samson Mahit Haiton, a farmer from Vanuatu, traveled to Bangkok recently as one of five recipients of the Model Farmer Award presented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

As countries around the world, including Vanuatu, wrapped up a week of observances...

Geography undergraduate students from from the University of New South Wales, Australia recently visited the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Subregional office while on a study tour to learn about food systems and the role of FAO in Samoa.

Assistant FAO Representative, Mr Philip...

Youth and community farmers in Manono are gaining knowledge in agriculture, which is crucial to creating job opportunities. A three-day training workshop to build capacity of selected young and community farmers in agribusiness Management and contract farming ithat took place in Manono tai, Sa...

Many challenges including urbanisation, globalisation and climate change have resulted in significant changes to the food environment, and consequently the health of Pacific Island populations. Many Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) currently face both chronic undernutrition and mi...

Awards presented on FAO’s behalf by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand

The ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have pledged to collaborate with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in order to strengthen cooperation for improvements to agriculture and forestry.

The ASEAN Member States, with a com...

The annual World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) will be celebrated this year from 12 to 18 November with various coordinated activities around the world. This year’s theme will focus on promoting the

When domestic livestock are struck down by transmissible zoonotic diseases the results can be catastrophic for smallholders in Asia and the Pacific but countries in South Asia are taking steps to improve their responses, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said to...

RV-Dr Fridtjof Nansen makes port call in Thailand

The UN Decade of Family Farming will assist achievement of the SDGs, says FAO Director-General

Gaining knowledge in agriculture is crucial for young farmers to create job opportunities. A training workshop to build capacity of selected young farmers in agribusiness Management and contract farming took place in Savai’i, Samoa.

The workshop combines the efforts of the Ministry of A...

FAO is funding two projects to assist five Micronesian countries to further develop and sustain aquaculture activities, through an improved aquaculture business investment planning approach.

The projects have been developed for the Republic of Palau, Republic of Nauru, Republic of the M...

Solomon Islands is developing its microbiological testing capacity of the National Public Health Laboratory for fish exports, and local food and water through a three year capacity building project, which is funded by the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) of the World Trade Organ...

This week, the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO), Pacific Community (SPC) and representatives from Pacific Island Countries (PICS) will attend a regional workshop in Nadi to raise awareness on SDG Target 2.1 monitoring.

The aim of SDG 2.1. is to end hunger an...

One of the largest projects to date to better manage land and forest areas in Afghanistan was launched earlier this week through a partnership between the Government, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The project...