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FLR Days: gearing up a Forest and Landscape Restoration movement in Asia
With an aim to share knowledge and improve regional coordination and partnerships for scaling up forest and landscape restoration (FLR), delegates from several countries in the region and experts joined the hybrid FLR Days event starting from 10 October, in Bangkok, Thailand.  Government representatives from Bangladesh, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Nepal and Timor-Leste have joined the meeting in-person along with the global experts in FLR with a number of participants joining...
Countries in Asia and the Pacific highlight urgent need to transform entire agrifood systems, after three years of pandemic, conflicts and crises of food, feed, fuel, fertilizer and lack of finance
Countries in Asia and the Pacific have highlighted an urgency to move forward with transformation of their agrifood systems, following a three-day symposium convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The need to transform the region’s agrifood system was identified following the aftermath of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which enormously disrupted the agricultural value chain systems globally as well as in Asia and the Pacific region....
Launch of Regional Knowledge Platform on FAO’s One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative to support the transformation of agrifood systems in Asia and the Pacific
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region have launched an online platform to showcase their priority agricultural products and raise international awareness of their unique qualities to upscale their marketability, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today. The Regional Knowledge Platform on FAO’s One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative to support the transformation of agrifood systems in Asia and the Pacific was launched during the FAO Asia-Pacific...
Asia-Pacific countries urged to rapidly transform agrifood systems as hopes fade for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
FAO calls for focus on social protection, access to seeds and fertilizers, enhanced trade and climate-resilient agriculture at Asia-Pacific symposium
05.10.2022 Bangkok
Asia-Pacific countries urged to rapidly transform agrifood systems as hopes fade for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
At a symposium convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on agrifood systems transformation in Asia-Pacific, governments, the private sector and other stakeholders are being urged to massively accelerate transformation of their agrifood systems, or risk worsening malnutrition and environmental degradation in the world’s most populous region. Rising food prices, floods, drought, water scarcity, increasing climate-related disasters, the global pandemic and conflicts, are driving food insecurity across...
G20 meeting: Digitalization is a big opportunity for women and youth in rural areas, says FAO
FAO Director-General emphasizes the role of digital public goods
28.09.2022 Bali, Indonesia –
G20 meeting: Digitalization is a big opportunity for women and youth in rural areas, says FAO
Digitalization has great potential to drive progress towards an inclusive future for the world’s smallholder farmers, and can help galvanize greater productivity and sustainability of agrifood systems, as well as improve livelihoods and options for women and youth, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said today at a side event ahead of the G-20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting in Bali.“Digital transformation opens an important opportunity...
G20 Agriculture Ministers meeting: Stop a food access crisis from turning into a food availability crisis, FAO says
Director-General QU Dongyu urges peace, warns of devastating implications of soaring food and fertilizer prices
28.09.2022 Bali, Indonesia
G20 Agriculture Ministers meeting: Stop a food access crisis from turning into a food availability crisis, FAO says
Conflicts and crisis-driven slowdowns and downturns are and will remain the major drivers of food crises, highlighting the importance of achieving peace, tackling the climate crisis and boosting resilience everywhere, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said today at the Agriculture Ministers Meeting of the G20.“The human, social and economic costs of conflict are always immense. Peace is a precondition for the resilience of national...
Food insecurity in Sri Lanka likely to worsen amid poor agricultural production, price spikes and ongoing economic crisis, FAO and WFP warn
Nearly 30 percent of the population are experiencing acute food insecurity, and will likely deteriorate further unless urgent assistance is provided
12.09.2022 Colombo/Rome
Food insecurity in Sri Lanka likely to worsen amid poor agricultural production, price spikes and ongoing economic crisis, FAO and WFP warn
An estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity and their situation is expected to worsen if adequate life-saving assistance and livelihood support is not provided, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today in a new report. Two consecutive seasons of poor harvests led to a nearly 50 percent drop in production...
FAO and partners push forward with increased South-South cooperation in Asia and the Pacific as momentum builds for sustainable agrifood systems transformation
Momentum is growing for increased South-South cooperation to meet and overcome the challenges of poverty and food insecurity in the Asia-Pacific region, experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said here today on the sidelines of a three-day multi partner EXPO on South-South and Triangular Cooperation. In collaboration with FAO and other United Nations agencies and partners, the eleventh annual Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD Expo)...
FAO Subregional Coordinator for the Pacific Xiangjun Yao presents her credentials to the Government of Fiji
Yesterday, the Subregional Coordinator for the Pacific Islands of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) Xiangjun Yao, presented her credentials as FAO Representative to Fiji to the Permanent Secretary (PS) for Office of the Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs, Mr Yogesh Karan. At the ceremony and subsequent bi-lateral meeting, Yao and the Permanent Secretary discussed the current areas of support FAO provides to the Government of Fiji...
FAO kicks off training on sustainable beekeeping in the Pacific
This week, FAO and Fiji Beekeepers Association kicked off the first-ever FAO training on sustainable apiculture for Pacific beekeepers and Government representatives. Taking place in the Fijian towns of Nadi and Rakiraki, the 6-day intensive course will feature theoretical and practical lessons and knowledge-sharing sessions for 12 participants coming from the Cook Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. The course aims at developing the capacities of local beekeepers and...