Asia-Pacific Regional Priorities 2022-2023
FAO in the region has four Regional Priorities to implement consolidated actions effectively and efficiently while promoting digitalization of the agriculture sector and rural communities, which will generate opportunities for youth and women:
1. Agrifood systems transformation
2. Climate Action, Biodiversity and Natural Resources Management (NRM)
3. Inclusive and Equitable Rural Development (IRT)
4. Building sustainable, resilient agrifood systems in the Pacific SIDS (SAP/SRC)
Regional Priority One: Agrifood Systems Transformation
FAO recognizes the urgent need to reinvest in agrifood systems in the region to ensure the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). FAO in the region will continuously facilitate dialogue among Members to support the development of sustainable agrifood systems pathways. Moreover, FAO will support Members to foster enabling environments for the adoption of agrifood systems based on data, science and evidence, while implementing transformative projects and promoting further digitalization and mechanization among farming communities based on the region’s advanced experiences in these areas.
Eight Programme Priority Areas (PPAs) of the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31 will form the core of this priority for the region:
- Innovation for sustainable agriculture production
- Blue transformation
- One Health
- Small-scale producers’ equitable access to resources
- Healthy diets for all
- Nutrition for the most vulnerable
- Safe food for everyone
- Reducing food loss and waste
Regional Priority Two: Climate Action, Biodiversity and Natural Resources Management (NRM)
The objective of this Regional Priority is to support Members to protect, restore and promote the sustainable use of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and combat climate change in realizing more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems.
Programme Priority Areas (PPAs):
- Climate change mitigating and adapted agrifood systems
- Biodiversity and ecosystem services for food and agriculture
- Achieving sustainable urban food systems
- Resilient agrifood systems
Regional Priority Three: Inclusive and Equitable Rural Development (IRT)
This Regional Priority commits FAO to inclusive rural transformation, including economic growth and support to vulnerable populations to reduce inequality, leaving no country and no person behind.
Programme Priority Areas (PPAs):
- Digital agriculture
- Gender equality and rural women’s empowerment
- Inclusive rural transformation
- Hand-in-Hand Initiative
Regional Priority Four: Building sustainable, resilient agrifood systems in the Pacific SIDS (SAP/SRC)
In line with the agrifood systems transformation pathways developed by Members, FAO’s work in the Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will place strong emphasis on building sustainable and resilient agrifood systems through the implementation of the current Multi-Country Programming Framework (CPF) for the Pacific Islands 2018-2022, which covers 14 countries in the Pacific. This regional priority will be the central pillar of FAO in the Pacific in developing the new CPF 2023-2027 and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2023-2027, which are under preparation and will integrate agrifood systems transformation as the fundamental development pathway.
Eight Programme Priority Areas (PPAs):
- Blue transformation
- One Health
- Small-scale producers’ equitable access to resources
- Digital agriculture
- Healthy diets for all
- Safe food for everyone
- Climate change mitigating and adapted agrifood systems
- Biodiversity and ecosystem services for food and agriculture
- Resilient agrifood systems