International Soil and Water Forum 2024

Bangkok (Thailand), Hybrid Event, 09/12/2024 - 11/12/2024

With the SDG deadlines looming ever closer, and with decades of mismanagement of the world’s soil and water behind us, the time is now for a dramatic shift in approaches t...

2024 Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum

Hybrid Event, 05/11/2024 - 08/11/2024

Transforming Agrifood Systems for our Blue Pacific Continent through Better Production, Better Nutrition, a Better Environment and a Better Life

Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum 2024

Hybrid Event, 05/11/2024 - 08/11/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Fiji through the Ministry of Agriculture and Waterways will host the 2024 Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum from 5-8 November in Nadi in hybrid modality. 

The event builds on the 2021 SIDS Solutions Forum co-hosted by Fiji, the ...

World Food Day regional event

07/10/2024

The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific will host an event in Bangkok, Thailand to mark World Food Day 2024 under the global theme of “Right to foods for a better life and a better future, leaving no one behind.”

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, who is FAO’s...

Regional Workshop on “Proposal for Codex New Work: Criteria and Structure”

Hybrid Event, 25/09/2024 - 27/09/2024

Codex is inter-governmental and member driven organization. It, so, requires strong support from its Member governments. In the Codex standard-setting procedure, a new Codex standard or a revision of existing Codex standard normally starts from developing a discussion paper. Any delegation (member or observer) may submit discussion papers to a relevant Codex subsidiary body or the Commission...

33rd Session of Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission

Hybrid Event, 23/09/2024 - 27/09/2024

The 33^rd Session of the Asia and the Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC) will convene from the 23-27 September in Suzhou, China. The Session will introduce, exchange information and work on important issues of phytosanitary matters and other aspects of plant protection among the Member Nations in the Asia and the Pacific region.

The meeting will take st...

2nd Regional Organizing Group Meeting of the OCOP Initiative for Asia and the Pacific and, the International Capacity Building Workshop on Geographical Indications Environment and Sustainability (GIES) for Special Agricultural Products (SAPs) Development

Hybrid Event, 11/09/2024 - 21/09/2024

Fifteen countries from across Asia will come together at the Regional Organizing Group Meeting (ROG) of the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative for Asia and the Pacific convened by FAO on 13 September in Beijing, China. The main objectives of the meeting will be to review th...

Joint Capacity Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Nutrition in OCOP for Healthy Diets

Virtual Event, 28/08/2024 - 30/08/2024

The Capacity Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Nutrition in OCOP for Healthy Diets is a virtual event co-organized by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and the Institute of Nutrition of the Mahidol University, Thailand (INMU). This workshop provides participants with innovative and technical information to promote the nutrition dimension of the

Sub-regional training workshop on mixed stock fisheries in the Gulf of Thailand

26/08/2024 - 30/08/2024

FAO together with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) will conduct a training workshop to develop indicator species for multi-species/multi-fishery management approaches for the Gulf of Thailand, particularly in Area 71. This is a follow-up on two workshops held last year to develop an updated list of stocks to evaluate overfishing in Regions 57 and 71.

The meeti...

Workshop on concretizing actions toward agrifood systems transformation in the Pacific (SIDS)

24/07/2024 - 26/07/2024

Since the preparatory stage of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), FAO has been assisting Member States in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly low-income and lower-middle-income countries, as well as Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS), to transform their agrifood systems. Continued suppor...

Second Joint Workshop on Fostering Parliamentary Action and Collaboration for Effective Implementation of the ASEAN Guidelines on Promoting Responsible Investment in Food, Agriculture and Forestry

24/07/2024 - 25/07/2024

Recognizing agriculture’s critical role in poverty alleviation and food security, ASEAN Member States have highlighted the pressing need for more responsible investments in this sector in the ASEAN Guidelines on Promoting Responsible Investment in Food, Agriculture and Forestry (ASEAN-RAI), which were adopted in 2018 based on the Committee on World Food Security’s Principles for Responsible ...

Regional Training Workshop for Fish Loss Assessment Methods: A Gender-Responsive Approach

Hybrid Event, 24/06/2024 - 28/06/2024

  Technical experts from Fishery Ministries or Departments in Southeast Asian countries will gather in Bangkok for a five-day workshop aimed at addressing the challenge of reducing Fish Loss and Waste. The workshop will focus on capacity building in meth

World Food Safety Day 2024

Virtual Event, 11/06/2024

World Food Safety Day on 7 June each year is a global initiative by the United Nations to raise awareness and mobilize efforts to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agriculture, market access, tourism, and sustainable development.  

In this context, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and ...

Restoration for a Better Environment

Hybrid Event, 05/06/2024

    The World Environment Day (WED) 2024 theme focuses on land restoration among others to address the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste. FAO, with

International Technical Webinar on Harnessing Drones and Artificial Intelligence for Advances in Direct-Seeding Rice Systems

Virtual Event, 30/05/2024

The webinar will tackle the growing use of climate-smart technology. Our distinguished speakers will share scientific progress in drone and AI technology for rice farming, focusing on direct-seeded rice to boost its adoption and efficiency in regions vulnerable to climate change.

30th Session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS)

Kathmandu (Nepal), 19/05/2024 - 24/05/2024

In accordance with Article VI-1 of the FAO Constitution, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) organized the Thirtieth session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS30), convened along with its side events in Kathmandu, Nepal during 19-24 May 2024 at the kind invitation of the Government of Nepal.

International technical webinar on enhancing agrifood systems through climate-smart and nutrition-dense crops

Virtual Event, 25/04/2024

The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the International Atomic Energy Agency, operating through the Joint FAO/IAEA Center are organizing an international technical webinar to raise awareness and advocate for the integration ...

International Day of Forests: Forests and innovation, new solutions for a better world

Hybrid Event, 21/03/2024

      REGISTER NOW!   The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific will be hosting a webinar titled “Forests and innovation, new solutions for a better world” to mark the International Day of Forests on Thursday, 21 March 2024 from 12:00 – 13:0

International Women’s Day: Investing in Women’s Entrepreneurship in Agrifood Systems in Asia and the Pacific

Hybrid Event, 11/03/2024

    To mark International Women's Day (IWD) 2024, FAO and IFAD will come together to host a virtual event titled “Investing in Women’s Entrepreneurship in Agrifood Systems in Asia and the Pacific” to be held on Monday, 11 March 2024 from 10:00 – 11:30 h

Regional Workshop on AMR Data Management, Analysis and Reporting

Bangkok (Thailand), 27/11/2023 - 28/11/2023

  FAO values the importance of monitoring and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the animal health sector and its harmonization. Some of the key elements in the surveillance of AMR...