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The government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, in collaboration with the United Nations, has launched the National Zero Hunger Challenge, joining other countries striving to eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. The Global Zero Hunger Challenge was launched by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in 2012, calling on all countries to ensure every person has adequate nutrition and that all food systems are resilient. The Challenge comprises five elements to...

The Royal Thai Government in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched a major awareness-raising initiative to address food loss and food waste in Thailand. The national Save Food Campaign in Thailand, endorsed by partners of the Save Food Network, is the first of its kind in the ASEAN region. It was launched during an event today at CentralWorld by Thailand’s Vice-Minister of Agriculture...

Improved communication about the risks associated with food safety are key to on-going risk analyses within responsible government agencies in order to better protect the public from food-borne illnesess, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today. Forty participants from 13 countries in the region, representing senior managerial and technical staff from food safety, veterinary and public health institutions with formal mandates in risk analysis functions have wrapped up a...

The Eleventh Meeting of Southwest Pacific Ministers of Agriculture under the theme “Climate Smart Agriculture” began today with Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister Leo Dion and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva highlighting some of the pressing issues affecting the countries in the region. “I believe that the theme Climate Smart Agriculture is timely in view of the fact that the Pacific region is highly vulnerable to adverse climatic conditions...

Representatives and scientists from 19 countries in Asia are examining best practices and common challenges they face in protecting and managing the region’s soils – the very foundation for food production relied on by billions of people. “Soil is the basis for food, feed, fuel and fibre production and for many critical ecological services,” Hiroyuki Konuma, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, said in opening remarks...

In collaboration with the United Nations, the Royal Government of Cambodia has launched the National Zero Hunger Challenge (ZHC), a major initiative to eradicate hunger in the country by 2025. The official launch, led by H.E Dr. Yim Chhay Ly, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), symbolizes the Government’s commitment to achieving Zero Hunger by 2025. Supporting the initiative are Hiroyuki Konuma, FAO...

The move toward a computerized implementation and monitoring system to accurately track food security in the ASEAN region will help countries offset the shocks caused by price and supply-demand fluctuations, an FAO-convened workshop heard today. The workshop, co-organized by FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the ASEAN Secretariat, aims to train country focal points and members of a Coordinating Monitoring Team the key elements of a computer-based system...

More than 4,000 dedicated runners have braved the summer heat in Bangkok to promote greater awareness of food loss and food waste in the “Run for Save Food” event organized by the National Jogging Association of Thailand and supported by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The event aimed to raise awareness about the enormous amounts of food that are lost or wasted each year and actions that all of...

While innovation in agriculture will help feed the growing population of a hungry planet, adapting and extending the proven methods and practices of indigenous agricultural systems will also play an important role in future food security, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.     “For centuries, farmers, fishers and pastoralists across Asia and the Pacific have, by necessity of their own survival, developed and/or...