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FAO chief urges Asian and Pacific countries to bring the fight against hunger back on track
12/04/2018
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FAO celebrates 40 years of Representation in countries across the Asia-Pacific region – working together to eliminate hunger, malnutrition and poverty
11/04/2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations today hailed 40 years of close on-the-ground presence and support to ten of its member countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Between 1977 and 1979, at the su...
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Countries of Asia-Pacific warned improvements to food safety and mitigating the effects of climate change on agriculture are critical to future food security, rural livelihoods and trade
09/04/2018
09/04/2018, Nadi, Fiji – Located in a region with some of the biggest country populations on the planet, and many countries – large and small – increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather events and continuing concerns about food safety, the Asia and Pacific region could face a...
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Civil Society Organizations from the Pacific and Asia to participate in UN FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific
07/04/2018
Civil society organizations from Asia and the Pacific concluded a two-day meeting today in Nadi, Fiji, where FAO is convening the 34th Regional Conference for Asia Pacific – #APRC34. The CSO consultation aims...
Effects of climate change on food production, the obesity time bomb, nutrition and safer food in the spotlight at UN FAO Asia-Pacific Regional Conference (9 – 13 April), Nadi, Fiji
21/03/2018
Increasing employment opportunities for youth in Samoa
20/03/2018
In an effort to curb youth unemployment in Samoa, young farmers in Samoa are equipping themselves with skills that will help them gain employment in agriculture.
Workshops were held recently at the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa (SROS) training facilities to give young farme...
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Primary school students call in at FAO
20/03/2018
A group of students from Sauniatu Primary School visited the FAO office to learn more about the organization and what they do in the region. Accompanied by their teachers year seven and eight students were welcomed by FAO staff at Subregional Office in Apia, Samoa.
Assistant FAO Repres...
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FAO farewells long-serving officer
20/03/2018
Frank Chopin is retiring after eleven years of service for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Frank joined the Subregional office in Apia in August 2015 as Senior Fisheries and Aquaculture Officer following 8 years in FAO Rome where he was Chief of the Fishing O...
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Asia-Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics considers improvements to data gathering with emphasis on Pacific Island countries and SDG progress
19/03/2018
As the clock ticks towards 2030, the year when the world’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are to be achieved, countries in the Asia-Pacific region are working to improve their systems of statistic-gathering and analyse...
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FAO warns that protecting agriculture from extreme weather and climate change must become a priority in Asia and the Pacific
15/03/2018
While climate change and extreme weather events are impacting the environment in many ways, agriculture and food production in Asia and the Pacific are among those hardest hit and must be first in line to defend, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) annou...
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Drought hit atolls to receive help
11/03/2018
With the effects of climate change and extreme weather events disproportionately affecting people in the Pacific, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) withthe support of the Marshall Islands government is providing emergency aid to some of the Marshall Islands remo...
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Using technology to track zoonotic diseases in Fiji
11/03/2018
The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF) is implementing information technologies in the effort to predict potential occurrence of diseases which could pose harm to animals and humans (zoonotic diseases).
Detection of zoonotic diseases outbreaks is crucial to BAF, as it is the task of th...
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FAO helps strengthen community-based fisheries for the Pacific
11/03/2018
FAO has been recently approved two projects to strengthen community-fisheries in Tonga and Samoa. The aim of the projects is to strengthen the technical capacity for both countries to improve and streamline their community-based fisheries management programmes.
These programmes play an ...
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Improvements in nutrition and diversified rural livelihoods key to Indonesia’s quest for high income status
08/03/2018
8/03/2018, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia can achieve its goal of achieving high income status but in order to do so the country must first create greater access to more nutritious foods and invest in human capital, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said today.
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FAO in Asia-Pacific re-affirms close collaboration with Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on regional technical cooperation
07/03/2018
07/03/2018 Bangkok, Thailand, FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and representatives from Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), today re-affirmed their close collaboration on technical cooperation work in the region during an annual review of the programm...
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Asia-Pacific countries commit to empower rural women and girls at high-level UN forum
23/02/2018
Ministers and senior government representatives from Asia and the Pacific on Friday committed to ensuring greater empowerment of rural women and girls to improve their standard of living, food security and livelihoods.
The pledge was made at the regional consultation for the 62nd ...
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Asia-Pacific media urged to raise awareness about effects of climate change on the region’s agriculture and food systems
05/02/2018
With the effects of climate change and extreme weather events disproportionately affecting people in Asia and the Pacific, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is urging the region’s media to focus more attention on raising awareness of the need for all stakeholde...
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Increasing threat of animal-to-human diseases – and antibiotic resistance in both – ring alarm bells at international conference
02/02/2018
Zoonotic diseases and misuse of antibiotics in animals and humans resulting in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are converging in Asia-Pacific countries with potential deadly effects, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unite...
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FAO, legislators launch pilot parliamentary alliance for food security and nutrition in the Philippines
23/01/2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is further strengthening its partnership with the Government of the Philippines to ensure food security and nutrition in the country with the launch today of the FAO Legislat...
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World Food Safety Day: prepare for the unexpected (Thai language)
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In a region with poor food safety standards, policy makers, and private sector and consumers in Asia and the Pacific must do better
04.06.2024:- Tehran Times
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Improving Food Safety Standards: A Call to Action for Policy Makers, the Private Sector, and Consumers in Asia and the Pacific
30.05.2024: - Lao News Agency
In a region with poor food safety standards, policy makers, the private sector and consumers in Asia and the Pacific must do better
29.05.2024: - Economic Khabar
In a region with poor food safety standards, policy makers, the private sector and consumers in Asia and the Pacific must do better
22.05.2024: - Hindustan Times
Asia-Pacific’s alarming loss of biodiversity: A hidden threat to the food security and habitat of our future generation
22.05.2024: - Scoop
Celebrating International Day For Biodiversity With Funding For New FAO Projects In The Pacific
22.05.2024: - Bangkok Post
Asia-Pacific's loss of biodiversity
21.05.2024: - JoongAng Daily
Tackling the Asia-Pacific’s loss of biodiversity
20.5.2024: - China Daily
Asia-Pacific's loss of biodiversity a hidden threat
19.05.2024: - The Telegraph
How Western food imports are fueling obesity in Pacific nations
19.05.2024: - PhilStar Global
Asia-Pacific’s alarming loss of biodiversity
17.05.2024:-= - DhakaTribune
A hidden threat to the food security and habitat of our future generations
15.05.2024: - The Telegraph
Why Thai farmers are launching gunpowder propelled homemade rockets
15.05.2024: - The Manila Times
Asia-Pacific's alarming loss of biodiversity: A hidden threat to the food security and habitat of future generations
15.05.2024 Phnom Penh Post
Asia-Pacific’s alarming loss of biodiversity – a hidden threat to the food security and habitat of our future generation
14.05.2024: - Khmer Times
Asia-Pacific’s alarming loss of biodiversity – a hidden threat to the food security and habitat of our future generations
14.05.2024: - Lao News Agency
Asia-Pacific’s alarming loss of biodiversity – a hidden threat to the food security and habitat of our future generations
08.05.2024: - The Business Standard
The impact of India’s rice export restrictions on global markets, supplies and prices
07.05.2024: - Tehran Times
FAO inks project on saffron authenticity in Iran
07.05.2024: - Lao News Agency
FAO, MOAF initiate two projects to strengthen animal health systems in Laos
02.05.2024: - Urdu Point
SAU Vice Chancellor Urges Awareness Against Food Wastage To Safeguard Food Security
30.11.2023: - Korea Joong Ang Daily
Soil and water: Asia-Pacific’s bread and butter
03.12.2023: - Tehran Times
Soil and water - Asia-Pacific's bread and butter
30.11.2023: - Korea JoongAng Daily
Soil and water: Asia-Pacific’s bread and butter
30.11.2023: - Spotlight News Magazine
Soil And Water – Asia-Pacific’s Bread And Butter
25.07.2023: - Scoop World
FAO and IOM Issue Warning on El Niño in Asia-Pacific, Advocate for Better Prediction and Management of Climate-Induced Displacement
22.05.2023: - Spotlight Nepal
FAO Nepal Launched Country Programming Framework 2023-2027
22.05.2023: - Daily FT
Japan provides $ 4.6 m through FAO to boost paddy production in Dry and Intermediate zones
15.05.2023: - The Island
FAO and China launch US $1.5 Mn project to strengthen fruit value chains in Lanka
14.05.2023: - Al Jazeera English
Locusts threaten Afghanistan’s wheat harvest
11.05.2023: - AP
UN food agency says widespread locust infestation in Afghan provinces is ‘huge concern’
03.05.2023: - Far Eastern Agriculture
Australian Government supports Indonesia to combat high-risk cattle diseases
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