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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.

The Four Betters Videos

In the Asia-Pacific region, FAO is working with its Member Nations to help them advance to the 2030 Agenda by achieving Four Betters: Better Production, Better Nutrition, Better Environment and Better Life – leaving no one behind.

37th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific

The Thirty-seventh Session of the Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) was held as a high-level Ministerial in-person event in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 19 to 22 February 2024. It was preceded by the Senior Officers Meeting (SOM) held virtually from 31 January to 2 February 2024.

Asia and the Pacific - Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023

This digital report is an update on the statistics and trends of the fifth edition of the Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition annual report published by FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Feature Stories

Carpe data, carpe DIEM

How FAO's state-of-the-art data platform is speeding up emergency relief operations in Afghanistan and beyond.

Making honey a priority

FAO’s One Country One Priority Product initiative supports beekeepers and honey producers in Rwanda and Viet Nam.

Events

11/ 6

2024

World Food Safety Day 2024

Virtual Event, 11/06/2024

World Food Safety Day on 7 June each year is a global initiative by the United Nations to raise awareness and mobilize efforts to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agriculture, market access, tourism, and sustainable development.

In this context, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and ...

Featured Publication

Rural communication services for family farming in Asia and the Pacific

01/05/2024

The Global Action Plan of the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF 2019-28) recognizes the need to promote rural communication services (RCS) to advance sustainable food systems.