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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...
New ‘vision’ needed for Asian trawl fisheries - Asia Pacific Fishery Commission
22.09.2012 Danang, Viet Nam
The Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) has called for more effective management of the trawl sector in Asia, which balances the need to sustain marine fishery ecosystems with the demand for feeds for aquaculture.
Meeting in Da Nang, Viet Nam, APFIC members recognized the challenges facing the region’s fisheries including overfishing in coastal areas particularly from trawling and the use of non-selective fishing gears. At the same time the need to sustain...
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and FAO have teamed up on a unique regional Pacific Island forestry project dubbed Forestry and Protected Areas Management (GEFPAS-FPAM) in Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Niue. The project was launched at an inception workshop in Nadi, Fiji in July 2012 and is expected to enhance the livelihoods of island communities, strengthen biodiversity conservation and reduce forest and land degradation.
Rudolf Hahn an experienced forester is the...
APPPC Asia Regional Workshop for the Review of Draft International standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs)
17.09.2012 Gyeong Ju, Republic of Korea
The 13th APPPC Asia Regional Workshop for the Review of Draft International standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) was convened from 3-7 September in Gyeong Ju, Republic of Korea. 25 experts from 14 APPPC member countries and Japan participated in the meeting.
APPPC has been playing a leading role in the regional contribution to development of international standards to prevent entry and spread of quarantine pests as the Asia Region initiated such...
World Food Day Poster Contest 2012
04.09.2012
We would like to draw your attention to the first-ever World Food Day International Poster Design Competition for children and young people. Contest rules and instructions – in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Italian – are published at http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/wfd-poster-contest/contest-home/en/#ad-image-0.
Young people from around the world, aged 5 to 17 are invited to enter their work in the competition. Deadline for submissions is 30 September 2012.
With the help of...
FAO and Nippon Foundation partner to help rural people with disabilities
03.09.2012 Bangkok
FAO and the Nippon Foundation are teaming up to broaden opportunities for people with disabilities (PWD). Nippon Foundation is a Japan-based leading international non-governmental organization mobilizing global contributions to realize basic human needs like food security. Under an agreement signed today at the FAO's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, the two organizations will work together and with others to promote food security through agriculture, nutrition, livelihood improvements, and...