Nadi, Fiji - Pacific Islands cou...

Access to diverse, nutritious, and affordable food is increasingly under threat, with 733 million people globally facing hunger and malnutrition. In 2022, approximately 23 percent of the Asia-Pacific population faced food insecurity, which, along with high rates of malnutrition, adversely impa...

Bangkok/Jakarta/Rome - An agroforestry system cultivating Salak, or snake fruit in Bali, Indonesia along with a unique carp pond farming system in Austria and the Cocoa Agroforestry System of Sao Tome and Principe, have become the latest ...

Beijing/Bangkok – The transformation of sustainable agrifood systems requires a more coordinated response across multiple policy levels, particularly to ensure food security and livelihoods in the Asia-Pacific region, the Food and Agriculture Organiz...

Bangkok, Thailand - Climate change presents severe challenges to agrifood systems across Asia and the Pacific, threatening food security, livelihoods, gender equality, and economic growth. Rising temperatures, intensified droughts, and shifting rainfall patterns are increasing...

Jakarta/Rome – The Director-General of the Food a...

FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu met with His Excellency José Ramos-Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, during his official visit to the country.

As he wrapped up a two-day visit to Timor-Leste, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu visited the country’s well-known Mangrove Study Center, a coastal botanical garden covering an area of 52 hectares in Hera, east of the capital.

FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and His Excellency Marcos da Cruz, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, met today in Dili during an official visit by the FAO Director-General. 

The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu met with the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, His Excellency Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, at the Government Palace in Dili.

Wewak, Papua New Guinea – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), under the EU-STREIT PNG Programme, is supporting efforts to transform the agricultural landscape of the Sepik region. Central to this transformation is the recent establishment of a new Resource Centre ...

In rural Cambodia, two hours outside of th...

Bangkok, Thailand – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is calling for urgent regional efforts to combat a rise in avian influenza cases across the Asia-Pacific region. The appeal follows a consultation of regional experts in Bangkok, supported by...

Rio de Janeiro – Around 733 million people faced ...

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Invited by the Mongolian Government to pay an official visit, the Direc...

Wellington, New Zealand – A delegation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) cocoa farmers and chocolate makers have successfully concluded a visit to New Zealand, organized and supported by the EU-STREIT PNG Programme. This initiative, designed to boost the profile of PNG's ethically pro...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has shared the latest tools and techniques to support data collection from satellite imagery for monitoring forests with experts across Southeast Asia, including for the subre...