31st Session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission

Hybrid Event, 04/11/2025 - 07/11/2025

The 31st Session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission will be hosted by the Royal Forest Department of Thailand and held in conjunction with the 5th Asia-Pacific Forestry Week.

The Hand-in-Hand Investment Dialogue for Asia and the Pacific

18/06/2025 - 20/06/2025

The Asia and the Pacific region face urgent challenges in transforming agrifood systems to ensure food security, economic growth, and sustainability. The Hand-in-Hand Investment Dialogue offers a unique opportunity for governments, financial institutions, and private sector actors to mobilize investments, forge partnerships, and accelerate agrifood transformation.

Regional Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) Workshop in Asia: building on a decade of the SSF Guidelines for a sustainable future

26/03/2025 - 27/03/2025

Small-scale fisheries (SSF) contribute at least 47% of the catch from capture fisheries in Asia and provide jobs for around 46 million people, representing 91% of Asia's fisheries workforce.

International Day of Forests 2025: Forests for Life - a sustainable future for forests and food security in Asia and the Pacific

Virtual Event, 21/03/2025

This year’s International Day of Forests honors the theme “Forests and Foods”, celebrating the crucial role of forests in food se...

Capacity building workshop on nutrition: advancing OCOP products value addition

Hybrid Event, 17/03/2025 - 20/03/2025

The Capacity Building Workshop on Nutrition: Advancing OCOP Products Value Addition is jointly organized by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University (I...

International Women’s Day: Empowering women and girls for agrifood systems transformation. Regional insights on innovations to accelerate change.

Hybrid Event, 06/03/2025

The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific is joining the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and UN Women to commemorate International Women’s Day 2025 under the theme

FAO at the Asia-Pacific Forum for Sustainable Development 2025

Hybrid Event, 25/02/2025 - 28/02/2025

The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) is an annual, inclusive intergovernmental forum to support follow-up and review of progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the regional level. 

It will be organized from 25- 28 February 2025 under the theme: “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, sci...

RESULT Asia-Pacific: First Investment Forum

Hybrid Event, 11/12/2024 - 12/12/2024

Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) is gaining momentum in the context of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, co-led by UNEP and FAO, to contribute to the targets of the Bonn Challenge, Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, Land Degradation Neutrality, AFR100 initiative and Global Land Initiative among others. Restoration of the degraded landscapes is critical for ensuring a healthy n...

International Soil and Water Forum 2024

Bangkok (Thailand), Hybrid Event, 09/12/2024 - 11/12/2024

With the SDG deadlines looming ever closer, and with decades of mismanagement of the world’s soil and water behind us, the time is now for a dramatic shift in approaches t...

World AMR Awareness Week Food Fair 2024

Hybrid Event, 21/11/2024 - 22/11/2024

Join us at the World AMR Awareness Week Food Fair on 21-22 November at Samyan Mitrtown, Bangkok! Explore organic and antibiotic-free food, join expert panels, and enjoy interactive exhibits and activities—all raising awareness on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Free entry, bilingual sessions, and online registration are available. Let's "Educate. Advocate. Act now." against AMR!...

The 83rd APHCA Executive Committee meeting & 45th Business Session; and the Regional Forum on Innovations to Support Sustainable Livestock Transformation in the Asia and Pacific Region

Hybrid Event, 11/11/2024 - 14/11/2024

The APHCA ExCom meeting and Business session will be organized on 11 November 2024, followed by the workshop on Innovations to Support Sustainable Livestock Transformation in the Asia and Pacific Region taking place 12-14 November. The workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to learn and exchange information on how livestock sector investment planning and ...

2024 Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum

Hybrid Event, 05/11/2024 - 08/11/2024

Transforming Agrifood Systems for our Blue Pacific Continent through Better Production, Better Nutrition, a Better Environment and a Better Life

YR03: Youth Leadership in Sustainable Soil Management

Virtual Event, 16/10/2024

The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific invites you to join a regional youth forum titled “Youth Leadership in Sustainable Soil Management” to beheld on Wednesday, 16 October 2024 at 14.00 (GMT+7) via Zoom.

Organized as part of the

World Food Forum

Hybrid Event, 14/10/2024 - 18/10/2024

Youth from the Asia-Pacific region are gearing up to make their voices heard and inspire action at the World Food Forum 2024 convened by FAO. The World Food Forum (WFF) is a youth-led movement and network to transform our agrifood systems that is committed to the theme:

World Food Day regional event

07/10/2024

The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific will host an event in Bangkok, Thailand to mark World Food Day 2024 under the global theme of “Right to foods for a better life and a better future, leaving no one behind.”

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, who is FA...

FAO regional workshop on opportunities and challenges in economic and post-harvest issues related to market access for fisheries and aquaculture products

Hybrid Event, 01/10/2024 - 03/10/2024

The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) of Indonesia and with the technical support of INFOFISH, will host a regional workshop on opportunities and challenges in economic and post-harvest issues related to market access for fisheries and aquaculture products.

The workshop aims to foster a shared compre...

Regional Workshop on “Proposal for Codex New Work: Criteria and Structure”

Hybrid Event, 25/09/2024 - 27/09/2024

Technical food standard officials from ten Asian countries will gather in Tokyo to attend the regional workshop on “Proposal for Codex New Work: Criteria and Structure”. The workshop is jointly organized by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and Pacific, under the FAO Regional project “Enhancing Capacity in Codex for Effective Participation and Contribution of Selected Countries in Asia,” in c...

33rd Session of Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission

Hybrid Event, 23/09/2024 - 27/09/2024

The 33^rd Session of the Asia and the Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC) will convene from the 23-27 September in Suzhou, China. The Session will introduce, exchange information and work on important issues of phytosanitary matters and other aspects of plant protection among the Member Nations in the Asia and the Pacific region.

The meeting will take st...

2nd Regional Organizing Group Meeting of the OCOP Initiative for Asia and the Pacific and, the International Capacity Building Workshop on Geographical Indications Environment and Sustainability (GIES) for Special Agricultural Products (SAPs) Development

Hybrid Event, 11/09/2024 - 21/09/2024

Fifteen countries from across Asia will come together at the Regional Organizing Group Meeting (ROG) of the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative for Asia and the Pacific convened by FAO on 13 September in Beijing, China. The main objectives of the meeting will be to review th...

Joint Capacity Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Nutrition in OCOP for Healthy Diets

Virtual Event, 28/08/2024 - 30/08/2024

The Capacity Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Nutrition in OCOP for Healthy Diets is a virtual event co-organized by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and the Institute of Nutrition of the Mahidol University, Thailand (INMU). This workshop provides participants with innovative and technical information to promote the nutrition dimension of the