FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

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Slightly lower but favourable world cereal production
Number of hungry people in the world drops slightly to 842 million
03.10.2013 Bangkok, Thailand
Slightly lower but favourable world cereal production
Speaking at his monthly media briefing Hiroyuki Konuma, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific announced the theme of World Food Day, which marks the founding of FAO in 1945 as: Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition. Konuma explained the theme as meaning, “Healthy people depend on healthy food systems, which he described as sustainable food systems that produce nutritious diets for all people, while...
FAO and ASEAN launched long-term collaboration to boost joint efforts on food and agriculture
Initiatives focus on agriculture, forestry and nutrition
27.09.2013 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/Bangkok, Thailand
FAO and ASEAN launched long-term collaboration to boost joint efforts on food and agriculture
FAO and the member governments of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday under which the two Organizations will strengthen cooperation in agriculture and forestry with goal of reducing hunger in the region and improving food security. The MoU was signed yesterday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ASEAN is a geopolitical organization of 10 Southeast Asian countries* that works to accelerate economic growth, social progress...
FAO Asia-Pacific Deputy opens Climate Change Adaptation Expo exhibit
Accepts Friends of Thailand Climate Trophy
26.09.2013 Bangkok, Thailand,
FAO Asia-Pacific Deputy opens Climate Change Adaptation Expo exhibit
The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific today opened an exhibit at the three-day Thailand Climate Change Adaptation Expo at Central World Square where Vili A. Fuavao, FAO Deputy Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific accepted a Friends of Thailand Climate trophy on behalf of the Organization. The award cited FAO as a role model for formulating a climate change strategy and action plan. The United Nations Development...
Promoting Geographical Indicators for Asian foods
Thung Kula Rong-Hai Hom Mali rice, Kampot Pepper gain protection
25.09.2013 Bangkok, Thailand
Promoting Geographical Indicators for Asian foods
The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, The Department of Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand and the French Embassy in Thailand announce today the upcoming launch of a project designed to promote rural development by promoting the concept of Geographical Indicators (GI), or as it is known in French: Appellation d’origine controllee (AOC), across the Asia region. The announcement comes on the occasion of...
FAO launches emergency projects to fight H7N9 avian flu
Initiatives to help Asian countries improve virus detection, control and response
18.09.2013 Bangkok, Thailand
Two emergency regional projects* aimed at containing avian influenza were launched today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific at a three-day workshop. The meeting was attended by veterinary experts from countries in the sub-regions of Southeast and South Asia and from a number of international organizations and development partners. Working in coordination with development partners such as the United States Agency for...
High tech forum on applied information technology
Experts, officials discuss innovations for agriculture, health and food security
16.09.2013 Bangkok,Thailand
High tech forum on applied information technology
FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, Hiroyuki Konuma, spoke today at the opening session of the 1st Service Research and Innovation Institute (SRII) Asia Summit, which brings experts together to share service innovations. Konuma said, “FAO estimates that 91 percent of  the global food production increase towards the year 2050 should come from yield increases on existing arable land based on the advancement of agricultural...
INAUGURAL FAO-NEA REGIONAL WORKSHOP SEES 22 COUNTRIES WORKING TOWARDS SAFER FOOD IN THE REGION
Participants to formulate regional guidelines for the improved management of hygiene and safety in food retail
12.09.2013 Singapore
INAUGURAL FAO-NEA REGIONAL WORKSHOP SEES 22 COUNTRIES WORKING TOWARDS SAFER FOOD IN THE REGION
Twenty-two member countries*  of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from the Asia and Pacific Region, will gather from 12 to 14 September 2013 to collectively work on bringing about safer food for the region. The inaugural FAO-NEA Regional Workshop for Asian Countries on Hygiene and Safety in Food Retail is the first such forum in this region that offers participants a comprehensive view of hygiene and...
Record cereal production to ease tight supplies in 2013/14
Rice production is set to reach a new high
06.09.2013 Bangkok, Thailand
 Record cereal production to ease tight supplies in 2013/14
Hiroyuki Konuma, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific announced at his monthly media briefing that the Organization’s Cereal Supply and Demand Brief , issued today from the Organization’s Rome Headquarters, has raised its “forecast of world cereal production to 2 492 million tonnes, up 14 million tonnes (or 0.5 percent) from the July forecast. Most of the upward adjustment reflects expectations of higher maize production...
Save food campaign Asia-Pacific launched
Joint communiqué and strategies to reduce post-harvest losses and consumer food waste issued
29.08.2013 Bangkok, Thailand
Save food campaign Asia-Pacific launched
FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in collaboration with the Asian Institute of Technology and other partners launched the Save Food Asia-Pacific campaign yesterday, which aims to reduce post-harvest food losses and market-to-consumer food waste. The regional initiative will raise awareness about the high levels of food losses – particularly post-harvest losses - and the growing problem of food waste in the region. The launch came at the end...
Save food campaign Asia-Pacific kicked off today
Initiative aims to reduce post-harvest and consumer food waste
27.08.2013 Bangkok, Thailand
Save food campaign Asia-Pacific kicked off today
Denouncing the huge amount of food that goes to waste, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, Hiroyuki Konuma, today announced a new initiative aimed at stopping post-harvest food losses and market-to-consumer food waste. “The Save Food Asia-Pacific Campaign seeks to raise awareness about the high levels of food losses – particularly post-harvest losses - and the growing problem of food waste in the region,” Konuma...