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.
Feature Stories
An environmental and culinary revival in Iran
Revolutionizing traditional bread-making empowers Iranian women and combats desertification.
Quenching a thirst for camel milk
Adopting innovation and technology in camel herding practices to enhance livelihoods in Mongolia
Events
24/ 7
2024
26/7
2024
Workshop on concretizing actions toward agrifood systems transformation in the Pacific (SIDS)
24/07/2024 - 26/07/2024
Since the preparatory stage of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), FAO has been assisting Member States in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly low-income and lower-middle-income countries, as well as Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS), to transform their agrifood systems. Continued suppor...
24/ 7
2024
25/7
2024
Second Joint Workshop on Fostering Parliamentary Action and Collaboration for Effective Implementation of the ASEAN Guidelines on Promoting Responsible Investment in Food, Agriculture and Forestry
24/07/2024 - 25/07/2024
Recognizing agriculture’s critical role in poverty alleviation and food security, ASEAN Member States have highlighted the pressing need for more responsible investments in this sector in the ASEAN Guidelines on Promoting Responsible Investment in Food, Agriculture and Forestry (ASEAN-RAI), which were adopted in 2018 based on the Committee on World Food Security’s Principles for Responsible ...
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.
Regional Initiatives
Global Initiatives
Multimedia
Linking agriculture and tourism to strengthen agrifood systems in Asia and the Pacific
Mr Jong-Jin Kim is the Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific since 1st July 2020.
Contact
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Maliwan Mansion
Phra Atit Road
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Phone: (+66 2) 697 4000
Fax: (+66 2) 697 4445
E-mail: [email protected]
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