Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Hiroyuki Konuma

FAO Regional Representative for Asia-Pacific

Zero Hunger Challenge Launched in Asia-Pacific Region
Hunger in the 21st Century called unacceptable
Zero Hunger Challenge Launched in Asia-Pacific Region

Bangkok, Thailand, 30 Apr 2013 – The United Nations launched the Zero Hunger Challenge in Asia and the Pacific here yesterday evening before heads of governments and UN agencies as well as ministers and national leaders. Speakers called on governments, farmers, scientists, business, civil society and consumers to join in the struggle to end hunger in the region where a majority of the world’s [...]

Daily agenda

May 21, 2013
17:30 - FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand
Visit by Ms Hoonae Kim, Director for Asia-Pacifc region, Mr Benoit Thierry, Country Programme Manager for Nepal and Thailand, Mr Khalid El-Harizi, Country Programme Manager for Cambodia and Mr Ganesh Thapa, Regional Economist from IFAD
11:30 - Foreign Correspondents Club, Bangkok, Thailand
Open the launching of the FAO publication, Six-legged livestock: edible insect farming, collecting and marketing in Thailand, by authors Yupa Hanboonsong, Tasanee Jamjanya and Patrick Durst
May 19, 2013
11:00 - International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Deliver FAO speech at the Focus Area Session on Economic, Food and Water Security session of the 2nd Asia Pacific Water Summit
This schedule is subject to change

Biography

Hiroyuki Konuma, a Japanese national, holds a Master of Science Degree (M.Sc.) in Agricultural Science from Tsukuba University in Japan. He has been with FAO for over 30 years. [...]

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Video

Photo library for the launching of Zero Hunger programme in the Asia-Pacific region
José Graziano da Silva speaks about the Zero Hunger Programme in the Asia Pacific Region

Photographs

UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP, Noeleen Heyzer and FAO ADG/RR for Asia-Pacific, Hiroyuki Konuma write their commitments to the Zero Hunger Challenge at a special exhibit launching the campaign in Asia and the Pacific.
UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP, Noeleen Heyzer and FAO ADG/RR for Asia-Pacific, Hiroyuki Konuma write their commitments to the Zero Hunger Challenge at a special exhibit launching the campaign in Asia and the Pacific.