FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
FAO in Asia and the Pacific has four regional priority areas of work that deliver meaningful support to our Member Nations, helping them achieve impactful results leading to better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for all – leaving no one behind. A further series of FAO Corporate Initiatives that provide country-owned and country-led solutions, such as the Digital Village Initiative, Hand-in-Hand Initiative, the One Country One Priority Product Initiative and the Green Cities Initiative, deliver great impact and are highly popular with our Members in Asia and the Pacific.
Highlights
Regional Priorities
FAO in the Asia and Pacific region has four Regional Priorities to implement consolidated actions effectively and efficiently while promoting digitalization of the agriculture sector and rural communities.
Feature Stories
New options for families facing migration
For Indira Rawat and her family, farming alone could not cover their expenses. So, each winter, her husband would leave their home in Nepal for India to seek temporary work.
Events
17/12
2025
Launch of the 2025 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition Report
Hybrid Event, 17/12/2025
FAO and partners - the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) and Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO), will launch 2025 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition Report at a special event ...
5/12
2025
World Soil Day 2025
05/12/2025
We celebrate World Soil Day (WSD) annually on 5 December to raise global awareness about the role soils play in agricultural development, ecosystem functions and food security.
Featured Publication
Consumption-based water management
24/11/2025
This brief provides policy-makers and experts with an understanding of consumption-based water management (CBWM) so that they can consider whether it may – or may not – be possible to apply it in irrigation- dependent parts of Asia that are currently experiencing, or are expected to experience, overextraction of water resources, in particular groundwater.
Regional Initiatives
Global Initiatives
Multimedia
Mr Alue Dohong is the Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP), effective 15 May 2025.
Contact
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Maliwan Mansion
Phra Atit Road
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Phone: (+66 2) 697 4000
Fax: (+66 2) 697 4445
E-mail: [email protected]