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2025 State of Food Security and Nutrition in Asia and the Pacific flagship report, jointly released by FAO, IFAD, UNEP, WFP, and the World Health Organization WHO, shows that while the region has made notable progress in reducing hunger, persistent challenges remain in addressing malnutrition, food insecurity, and unequal access to healthy diets.

Healthy soils are emerging as a critical challenge for the rapidly growing cities of Asia and the Pacific, where climate pressures, shrinking green spaces, and rising pollution increasingly reflect the deteriorating condition of the soils beneath them.  

To accelerate agrifood systems transformation across Asia and the Pacific, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Grow Asia have renewed their partnership through a five-year Memorandum of...

Bangkok – Asia and the Pacific is at a critical juncture in advancing a sustainable bioeconomy, as countries face growing pressure to balance economic growth, resou...

Colombo – To mark World Fisheries Day 2025, Sri Lanka and countries bordering the Bay of Bengal came together to celebrate the contributions of small-scale fisheries to coastal livelihoods, food security, and sustainable development.

This year’s celebrations are especially significant as...

Zoonotic and transboundary animal diseases such as avian influenza, continue to threaten health, livelihoods and trade in Southeast Asia, where the high density of human and animal populations, rich biodiversity and fragile environments increase disease risks. While veterinary epidemiology is essential for understanding how diseases spread and for guiding prevention, detection and control, countries in the region still face challenges in turning epidemiological evidence into coordinated, timely decisions.

Apia, Samoa – A new global project to advance the cocoa value chain development in Samoa was kicked off today during an inception workshop, co-hosted by FAO and the Government of Samoa. This project is funded by the Government of the People’s Republic of China through the...

Chiang Mai/Bangkok -- Forests sustain over 22 million people, supporting livelihoods, food security, and agricultural productivity through ecosystem services such as pollination, soil fertility, and...

Apia, Samoa – World Food Day 2025 was celebrated today in Fugalei Market, Apia. Co-hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands, the public event gathered more than 200 participants, from farmers, fisherfolks, market vendors, students to Cabinet Ministers, government officials and members of the diplomatic corps.

Rome/Bali – Deforestation has slowed in all of the world’s regions in the last decade, according to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 (FRA 2025) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Uni...

Rome/Bangkok – The Asia-Pacific region was well represented at the first Global Exhibition From Seeds to Foods taking place in Rome, Italy over the weekend. The exhibition asked people to think of the journey food takes to re...

Bangkok, Thailand - Asia and the Pacific is home to more than half of the world’s undernourished population, facing the triple burden of hunger, malnutrition, and obesity. Despite progress, challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, ...

Through the EU-STREIT PNG Programme, FAO aligned farm, factory, and market, upgrading cocoa production, post-harvest practices, supply-chain linkages, processing equipment, standards and compliance, and overseas buyer ties, to transform Papua New Guinea’s cocoa value chain. The result is more con...

Bangkok, Thailand – Digital agriculture is transforming how food is produced, managed, and delivered, offering powerful tools to tackle climate change, strengthen food security, and build more resilient and susta...

Suva, Fiji –In a significant step toward strengthening its economy, Fiji officially launched its first-ever Agribusiness Incubation (ABI) Center today. The center will serve as a dynamic hub for entrepreneurs, offering crucial s...

Bangkok, Thailand - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) today launched a new global partnership to help countries monitor and report on ecosystem restor...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) showc...

Hanoi -  Africa and Asia can learn from each other to use innovation...