The predominant rice-based farming system in Bhutan is constrained with production technologies and climate change impacts. The low production capacities of existing varieties, production technologies, farm machineries, processing and marketing continues to limit enhancement of rice self-sufficiency level. The value chain of rice is informal with weakness and multiple leakages in the chain. In South Asia, Bangladesh in last 3 decades has exhibited tremendous development in rice research and development. In three decades, Bangladesh increased production from 11 million MT in 1971 to 33 million MT in 2015, making Bangladesh self-sufficient in rice. This increase in rice production is often attributed to technological innovation, research and extension, government support and appropriate interventions.

The proposed TCP facility will support the formulation of the 12FYP for the RNR sector through addressing the knowledge gap as well as supporting facilitation of the coordination meetings. Further, FAO support will also look at global and regional trends and challenges that are likely to impact the sector's programs.

the main purpose of FAO' support is to help the RNR Sector better prepare for the upcoming RNR Census. This project will help develop census strategy and project document with details budget and Work plan for actual conduct of the census. This project will build on knowledge of recent developments imparted to the country through a round table meeting on World Programme of Census of Agriculture 2020 advocated by FAO.

The project contributes to increased self-sufficiency in rice, food and nutrition security, identifies rice varieties more adaptive to climatic factors.

The project will highlight the prevalence of food insecurity in our society but which can be eradicated if storage losses are mitigated at all levels. The storage systems will be studied and accordingly new or improved storage technology will be introduced. As storage loss of maize is over 80%, and if it is reduced, it will immensely contribute to food security and nutrition ? both quantity and quality of maize will be available to farmers particularly in remote areas. Thus, the project will focus in most affected areas bringing in the most benefits ? poorest of the poor will be the core beneficiaries.

The development initiatives of the sector, particularly farm roads, farm mechanization, human-wildlife conflicts fund, and ecotourism could have irreversible economic, environmental, social and cultural impacts. It is important that these initiatives are analysed and studied and findings are implemented and lessons are ploughed back

REDD+ Forest Reference Level (FRL) for Bhutan

The project aims at reviewing national policy framework and fostering enabling policy environment for production diversification and dietary diversity, especially tapping the potential of highly nutritious and climate-sensitive underutilized crops to address malnutrition in selected countries.

The project will develop quality knowledge products on practically proven innovative aquaculture farming practices for sharing among the regional initiative focus countries and will conduct regional/national workshops and farm demonstration for building human capacity of the participating countries in adopting selected aquaculture farming practices and the project will also seek to develop specific regional and national strategy to promote the innovative aquaculture farming practices, which will contribute significantly to sustainable development of aquaculture for blue economic growth in the region.

This project will support governments in six focus countries to develop national CSA programmes (and/or integrate CSA priorities into existing plans and programmes), linking CSA investments to NDCs and global climate finance mechanisms, based on regional best practice and knowledge.

Strengthening regional resilience in the management of the Yellow-Spined Bamboo Locust (YSBL) in Lao PDR and Viet Nam

This TCP-F will work with countries and regional partners to develop a regional programme to address the developing GEF 7 Impact Programme (IP) on Landscape Restoration. The GEF-7 programme is expected to provide significant support through an integrated, multi-focal area Landscape Restoration IP to help countries make real progress in restoring degraded land by providing significant levels of incremental funding to on-the-ground activities addressing critical geographic and thematic gaps, technical capacities and enabling environment, including informed policy, legal and regulatory frameworks for improved governance, tenure and investment decision making.

The proposed TCP-F will support GCF project development in China and Viet Nam, promoting FAO proven approaches in sustainable forest and natural resource management to reduce carbon emissions. It will support China in further identification and finalization of GCF project concept note(s) while in Viet Nam it will support the baseline and feasibility studies, social-environmental assessment and the putting together GCF Full Proposal.

The proposed TCP-F will support GCF project development in Bangladesh and Pakistan, promoting CSA technologies and good practices to address climate change. It will support Bangladesh to undertake pre-feasibility assessment and development of the project CN. In Pakistan, it will complement other resources to support a number of important GCF required assessments (environmental and social, gender, financial fiduciary and procurement plan) and develop the GCF format Funding Proposal.

The proposed TCP-F will support GCF project development in Pakistan and the Philippines, promoting FAO?s Climate Smart Agriculture approach. Specifically it will support CSA options feasibility assessment in Pakistan and required safeguard assessments in both Pakistan and the Philippines for the complete GCF Full Proposals in both countries.

The proposed TCP-F will support GCF project development in Cambodia, Myanmar and Viet Nam, utilizing FAO proven tools and expertise in building climate resilience of food and agriculture systems through integrated landscape management and ecosystem-based approaches. It will support Cambodia and Myanmar in finalizing PPFA to secure GCF funding for Full Proposal preparation while advancing the FP preparation. In Viet Nam, TCP-F will complement resources from FAO HQs, Country Office and other sources to ensure proper consultations during the FP preparation.

Building Statistical Capacity for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals related to Food Security.

This TCP-F will work with countries and regional partners to develop two independent regional projects for submission to GEF (IW, BD and CC) in the form of PIFs. These will respectively assist i) Gulf of Thailand countries and ii) Lower Mekong Basin countries in meeting the environmental, social, economic and governance challenges they face in fisheries sectors and Gulf of Thailand and LMB sub-regions. The expected combined value of potential GEF projects is conservatively estimated to be 13 Million USD related to grant and 60 MUSD including co-financing.

The proposed regional TCP is also a planned regional activity to contribute to the Regional Initiative on Sustainable Intensification of Aquaculture for Blue Growth in Asia and the Pacific.

Counterparts have the knowledge and skills to restore degraded forestlands in the project countries using landscape approach through the adoption of FLR in national forest restoration strategies

This project will address those challenges by adopting a holistic approach that focuses on working with governments to not only develop their national e-Agriculture Strategies but also to support them in implementing some of the high priority ICT for Agriculture interventions already identified in the strategy that hold the most promising potential impact for improved agriculture outcomes in areas such as researcher-farmer-extension agricultural communication, inclusive financial services, market prices access, etc.

To strengtheing livestock sector policy analysis, design and negotiation capacity in ASEAN member countries representing a range of livestock production systems.

Effective development of regional food and nutrition security frameworks and their delivery mechanisms through a strengthened SAARC

The proposed project will adopt an integrated, multistakeholder and holistic ?plot to pot? food production system that will combine the production of a variety of nutritious vegetables and fruits and small scale livestock such as chickens, ducks and aquaculture toward a more self-reliant provision of school meals. School gardens and nutrition education will be integrated into the school curricula so it becomes an integral part of the teaching and learning process. School-community links to promote shared responsibility between government and communities will be strengthened. Home gardens will help improving the diets of households and nutrition education will contribute to family nutrition.

A regional project for Small-Scale Farmer Inclusion in Organic Agriculture Value Chains through Participatory Guarantee Systems would aim at assisting selected countries where local organic markets are developing and where a PGS would allow more small farmers to benefit from these emerging high value markets.

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Establish the framework and a roadmap for the South Asia Disease Surveillance Network involving eight South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) by bringing the identified experts for a consultative meeting and discussion.

The main objective of the project is to strengthen phytosanitary capacity of NPPOs and technical supporting organizations/entities (e.g. universities) of the recipient countries. This will be achieved through providing technical and operation manuals, organizing field and laboratory trainings and workshops and developing recommendations to be used by the respective NPPOs, in implementation of phytosanitary activities for international movement of seeds. In addition, the promotion of changes in the consciousness of general public and related private sectors through this project will contribute to preventing introduction and spread of pests associated with the international movement of seeds. Also, the project achievements and findings can be useful reference for the member consultations on the draft ISPM on seeds, which has been elaborated in the IPPC framework, and will contribute to the harmonization of relevant phytosanitary measures.

To promote a more prudent antimicrobial usage within the Asian livestock production industry leading to a reduction in antimicrobial resistance.

The project aims at reducing the spread of H5N1 in poultry in the country, thus minimizing the risk of contagion to other mammals and humans and the possibility of a pandemic.

Cooperation in Plant Protection by member countries in the Region

Cooperation in Plant Protection by member countries in the Region

Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in South-West Asia

To develop and agree a SAP based on a TDA, for the ISLME leading to reduced stress on the marine resources and ecosystem through improved understanding of LME processes and the development of sustainable ecosystem-based management actions, which also promote increased resilience to climate variability and change.

The overall goal of the project is to protect the health of the consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade within ASEAN countries as well as with other countries including Japan. The project also aims to establish a stronger relationship between ASEAN countries and the donor, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan.

The project will contribute to the food and livelihood security of smallholders, by integrating them into agricultural value chains (dairy, fishery and vegetable) that link them to new market opportunities.

To support Pacific SIDS in meeting their obligations to implement and effectively enforce global, regional and sub-regional arrangements for the conservation and management of transboundary oceanic fisheries thereby increasing sustainable benefits derived from these fisheries.

The Objective of the project is to reduce priority unintentionally produced POPs (uPOPs) emissions arising from poor waste management practices, thus meeting parties? Convention obligations to improve the management of chemicals in countries in the Pacific region, through assistance in the development and implementation of uPOPs strategies and guidelines, vocational training of waste workers, training of PIC staff in improved chemicals management, and the development of a regional waste oil export and reuse system.

The project objective is to strengthen the capacity within SAARC to support regional coordination for the control of TADs. This will be achieved through strengthening the Regional Support Unit, Regional Epidemiology Centre and Regional Diagnostic Laboratories. These structures will enable the SAARC member countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) to address common issues related to TADs that are predominantly spread by informal cross-border value chains in livestock products.

To stimulate local innovation using SRI/FFS approaches to sustainably improve agricultural productivity and food security in the context of climate change adaptation, and to enhance research capacities to continue to support this development

The Asian Regional Componente directly addresses the three pillars forming the foundation of the Global Strategy: 1. Establishing a minimum set of core data that countries will disseminate on a regular basis to meet current and emerging demands; 2. Integrating agriculture into national statistical systems in order to meet the requirements of policy makers and other data users that statistical information be linked across the economic, social, and environmental domains ; 3. Fostering the sustainability of the agricultural statistical systems through governance and statistical capacity building.

To conserve biodiversity in Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Niue by expanding and consolidating their networks of PAs, building capacity for conservation management and sustainable use of biodiversity and reducing forest and land degradation.

To protect Aquatic resources and stocks, to maintain and enhance biodiversity in the Coral Triangle/South China Sea (SCS) region through application of strategies and technologies for fisheries bycatch management.

To improve health and reduce environmental risk through capacity building for the proper management, and sustainable use, of agricultural and industrial chemicals. Its geographical focus is on the Greater Mekong Subregion.

The project will provide additional staff time in carrying out activities relating to activities in the implementation of the World Food Summit commitments, the Plan of Action and its Rome Declaration which explicitly made references to the importance of polices.