Founded in 1945, FAO is the largest specialized agency in the United Nations system and lead agency for agriculture and rural development, with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy.
The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) was established in Bangkok, Thailand in November 1948. One of five FAO regional offices across the world, RAP has grown fourfold in its 50 plus years and now has 46 member countries.
RAP’s mission is to help Asia-Pacific countries halve the region’s undernourished by 2015 by raising agricultural productivity and alleviating poverty while protecting the region’s natural resource base.
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific web site: http://www.fao.or.th
