Young people from Asia and the Pacific converged at the FAO headquarters in Rome from 16-20 October for the World Food Forum while hundreds more joined the forum virtually to inspire individual and collective actions for agrifood system transformation. The World Food Forum (WFF) is a youth-led...

Through the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Global Environment Facility (GEF) project “Rehabilitation of Forest Landscapes and Degraded Land”, the Islamic Republic of Iran's National Resource and Watershed Organization (NRWO), embarked on a stud...

Inclusive opportunities to break barriers to ensure gender equality, improve access to water resources, and promote financial inclusion for rural women are vital to achieve the 2030 Agenda, a webinar hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office fo...

Competing demands for access to freshwater in the Asia-Pacific region are intensifying, and this could have dire consequences for the region’s massive agriculture sector and, ultimately, could interrupt regular and affordable access to food for millions of people in the region, water resource ...

Action is needed to unlock the full potential of forests to achieve carbon-neutral economies in Asia and the Pacific, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission heard in Sydney this w...

Recent studies conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), together with the Australia-Indonesia Health Security Partnership (AIHSP), Ceva Sante Animale – a global animal health company, ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) launched a project this week that aims to tackle global deforestation by leveraging the transformative role that agricultural supply chains can play as a so...

At the 4th Digital Agriculture Solutions Forum for Asia and the Pacific, organized in Bangkok from 27-28 September, senior government officials, agritech developers, young agritech founders, researchers, and development practitioners from 15 countries have gathered in Bangkok to take stock of ...

Championing the reduction of food loss and waste was the main call to action at the Model United Nations (MUN) Conference hosted at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok. Organized by the Meiji University of Japan together with Kasetsart University, the Srinakarinwirot Un...

The Asia-Pacific Regional Science and Innovation Forum held today highlighted the need for investments and the active involvement of young people, women and indigenous communities in building climate-resilient agrifood systems in the region. It spotlighted climate-actions driven by young peopl...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Government of Japan, facilitated by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has launched a four–year project with a budget of USD 9.5 million. The project aims to increase the amount of irrigat...

The region braces itself as El Niño, the notorious climate phenomenon marked by Pacific Ocean surface temperature rise, makes its presence felt. Asia-Pacific countries now could face the consequential impacts, including erratic weather patterns such as prolonged droughts, unpredictable rainfal...

Over 200 participants from countries across the region of Asia and the Pacific gathered in the capital of Bangladesh and via remote live streams for the FAO Regional Launch and Workshop on the Implementation of the region’s Country Projects under the One Country One Priority Product initiative...

The inaugural meeting was held for the Regional Organizing Group (ROG), to begin their work to coordinate and facilitate the successful and impactful implementation of the One Country One Priority Product initiative (OCOP) in the region of Asia and the Pacific (RAP). The ROG aims to work close...