News and Press Releases
FAO honours model farmer from Sri Lanka
15.10.2012 Bangkok, Thailand
Today Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presented FAO awards to four Asian farmers from Malaysia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka and Thailand for their outstanding achievements in agriculture and food production.
A model organic farmer and founder of Lanka Farmers Forum, from Sri Lanka, Pathiraja Wijekoon Bandara
Pathiraja Wijekoon Bandara, a 58-year-old from Kandy district in Sri Lanka is a farmer by profession. But he’s a warrior in spirit.Starting about two decades...
FAO honours model farmer from Thailand
15.10.2012 Bangkok, Thailand
Today Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presented FAO awards to four Asian farmers from Malaysia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka and Thailand for their outstanding achievements in agriculture and food production.
Model organic farmer from Thailand, Sumalee Thongteera
Ask Sumalee Thongteera a question about the farming cooperative she manages in Korat province in northeastern Thailand, and she takes out her iPad. Miss Sumalee admits that sometimes she likes to browse the latest...
Aquaculture sector can meet Asia’s increasing fish demand without compromising sustainability
11.10.2012 Bangkok, Thailand
A regional consultation by national officials and international experts on sustainable intensification of aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific today adopted a new framework to sustainable intensify farm raised fish, or aquaculture.
FAO, the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) and the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA) jointly convened the consultation as a regional initiative to support the sustainable intensification of aquaculture in the Asian region. The consultative workshop concluded that intensified aquaculture...
FAO staff wishes His Majesty the King well
11.10.2012 Bangkok, Thailand
FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, Hiroyuki Konuma, together with other staff from FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, extended their greetings and good wishes to His Majesty the King at Siriraj Hospital. From left to right the FAO well-wishers are: Monpilai Youyen, Kanyarat Singhaphan, Chananut Auisui, Pinit Korsieporn (Regional Programme Coordinator), Man Ho So (Deputy Regional Representative), Hiroyuki Konuma (FAO Assistant Director-General...
FAO helping officials and stakeholders acquire tools to manage aquaculture industry that holds both economic promise and threats to the environment
Nuku'alofa, Tonga, 10 October 2012 – With the Kingdom of Tonga’s aquaculture industry presenting new challenges to its environment, government officials and other stakeholders are gathering in Nuku'alofa this week to acquire the latest tools to conduct aquatic biosecurity risk assessments at a workshop organized by the Food and Agriculture...
Media Advisory: Briefing on the conclusions and recommendations of the ADB/FAO/IFAD/WFP High level regional consultation on policies to respond to high food prices
02.10.2012 Bangkok, Thailand
Press Briefing: The press briefing on the conclusions of the high level consultation on policies to respond to high food prices in Asia and the Pacific region will begin immediately after day-two of the consultation concludes, today Tuesday, 02 October at 6 PM.
The briefing will take place in the VIP lounge just off the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Plaza Athénée, A Royal Méridien Hotel, 61 Wireless Road (Witthayu) Lumphini...
To prevent a new food price crisis experts urge policy changes
02.10.2012 Bangkok, Thailand
A high level meeting of more than 120 food and agriculture experts from some 20 countries across the Asia-Pacific region today has called for swift, coordinated international action to stop rising food prices from escalating into a catastrophe that could strike tens of millions of people in the coming months. Recent sharp increases in global market prices of maize, wheat and soybeans and the negative implications of severe droughts in...
Countries meet to gauge aquaculture’s impact on Pacific Ocean
Framework sought to prevent unregulated fish farming damaging biodiversity in an ecosystem crucial to the health of the planet
28.09.2012 Apia, Samoa,
With aquaculture emerging as an important component of global food security, ensuring that the rapid growth of the fish-farming industry does not damage the biodiversity of the Pacific Ocean will be the goal of representatives from 21 countries and territories meeting in Fiji this coming week at a workshop organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
Aquaculture has...
Media Advisory Note: ADB/FAO/IFAD/WFP High Level Regional Consultation on Policies to Respond to High Food Prices
Bangkok, Thailand, 01-02 October 2012
27.09.2012 Bangkok, Thailand
More than 20 Asia-Pacific countries will meet at the invitation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) to consider the need for swift, coordinated international action to prevent a return of the price shocks that affected tens of millions of people in the region in 2007-08. With fears...
Samoa has become the first country to put the new software Solutions for Open Land Administration (SOLA) into operation. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) developed the open source software to make computerised cadastre mapping and registration systems more affordable and sustainable for developing countries.
A cadastral map is a comprehensive register of a country's real property. It commonly includes details like land ownership, tenure, precise location, dimensions and area...