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Momentum For Gender-supportive Action & Investment Continues In Asia-Pacific
Monday, 11 March 2024, 7:31 pm | UN FAO
11/03/2024, Bangkok – Following on from last week’s high-profile advocacy of International Women’s Day, the momentum for action continued this week in Asia and the Pacific, with two UN agencies amplifying the calls for more action on investment ... More >>
Forty Asia-Pacific Countries Unite For An Agrifood Systems Transformation To Ensure Food Security Of Future Generations
Thursday, 22 February 2024, 8:37 pm | UN FAO
22/02/2024, Colombo – Forty countries from the Asia and Pacific region today agreed that transforming agrifood systems was imperative to providing food security for their children’s generation and beyond, the Food and Agriculture Organization of ... More >>
The Climate Crisis And Accessing Finance Top Agenda At APRC37
Wednesday, 21 February 2024, 5:52 pm | UN FAO
The climate crisis and accessing finance top agenda at high-level gathering of Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries at APRC37 FAO hosts event where Ministers from the Asia-Pacific also discuss common ... More >>
Governments From Asia And The Pacific Gather To Review Lessons Learned From Pandemic And Environmental Crises
Monday, 19 February 2024, 6:42 pm | UN FAO
19/02/2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Government policymakers from across the vast Asia and Pacific region are meeting here this week to agree a pathway to reform their agrifood systems and accelerate recovery from pandemic and environmental crises, ... More >>
UN FAO Conference Convenes To Guide Recovery And Reforms Of Agrifood Systems In Asia-Pacific For Future Food Security
Wednesday, 31 January 2024, 7:57 pm | UN FAO
31/01/2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka – A major multilateral conference opened today in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo which aims to transform the Asia-Pacific region’s agrifood systems, after multiple human and economic crises have set back progress ... More >>
Ignoring The Need For Overhauling Our Agrifood Systems In The Asia-Pacific Region Would Seal The Fate Of Agenda 2030
Tuesday, 19 December 2023, 11:04 pm | UN FAO
As the SDG deadline edges closer, ignoring the need for overhauling our agrifood systems in the Asia-Pacific region would seal the fate of Agenda 2030 18/12/2023, Bangkok – While some gains were made at the recent COP28 climate conference in ... More >>
FAO and partners join forces to mitigate the impact of El Niño in the ASEAN region
Friday, 15 December 2023, 7:46 pm | UN FAO
15/12/2023 Bangkok -- El Niño has made its presence felt in Southeast Asia and is projected to persist for at least the next three months. In July, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) officially declared the presence of El Niño conditions for the ... More >>
Asia-Pacific Sends A Strong Message To COP28
Friday, 17 November 2023, 7:20 pm | UN FAO
Transformation Towards An Inclusive And Resilient Agrifood System Is Critical To Achieving Global Climate Goals And Tackling Undernutrition 17/11/2023, Johor Bahru – An inclusive and resilient agrifood system is needed in the world’s most populous ... More >>
World Food Forum: Bridging technological gaps in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Small Island Developing States
Saturday, 21 October 2023, 7:14 am | UN FAO
Science and Innovation Forum event focuses on how to pave the way for investment and innovation in developing countries amid worsening impacts of climate crisis 19/10/2023 Rome - Making data, information, knowledge, investment and innovation available for ... More >>
Asia And The Pacific Is Advancing Inclusive Opportunities To Achieve An Agrifood Systems Transformation
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 7:58 pm | UN FAO
On International Day of Rural Women, Asia and the Pacific is advancing inclusive opportunities to achieve an agrifood systems transformation 17/10/2023, Bangkok, Thailand – Inclusive opportunities to break barriers to ensure gender equality, ... More >>
Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission encourages regional action to enhance management of nearly 20 percent of global forests
Sunday, 8 October 2023, 7:17 am | UN FAO
Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission encourages regional action to enhance management of nearly 20 percent of global forests 06/10/2023, Sydney – Action is needed to unlock the full potential of forests to achieve carbon-neutral economies in Asia ... More >>
FAO Asia-Pacific Science And Innovation Forum Highlights Community-led Climate Actions
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 7:48 pm | UN FAO
Need For Further Investments In Science, Technology And Innovation In Agriculture 31/08/2023 Incheon city - The Asia-Pacific Regional Science and Innovation Forum held today highlighted the need for investments and the active involvement of young ... More >>
FAO And European Union Launch A New Project To Transform Agrifood Systems In Fiji, Samoa And Solomon Islands
Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 7:21 pm | UN FAO
31 July 2023, Suva – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Union are proud to announce the launch of a new project titled "Sustainable transformation of domestic agrifood systems in Fiji, Samoa, and ... More >>
Warning On El Niño In Asia-Pacific, Advocate For Better Prediction And Management Of Climate-Induced Displacement
Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 5:51 am | UN FAO
FAO and IOM Issue Warning on El Niño in Asia-Pacific, Advocate for Better Prediction and Management of Climate-Induced Displacement Bangkok – The region braces itself as El Niño, the notorious climate phenomenon marked by Pacific Ocean surface temperature ... More >>
Promoting Highly-valued & Country-specific Foods Is Gaining Momentum For Domestic & Foreign Consumption In Asia-Pacific
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 6:46 pm | UN FAO
Regional event will bring together nutritional treasures from across Asia and the Pacific 19-20 July, in Dhaka Dhaka, 19 Jul 2023 -- With the world’s population larger than ever, and still growing rapidly, more nutritious foods need to be produced ... More >>
New Soil Atlas Of Asia Provides A Snapshot Of The Richness Of Soils
Friday, 14 July 2023, 6:07 am | UN FAO
From permafrost to peatlands, a comprehensive reference on soils in Asia is now available. 13/07/2023, Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Commission have launched the first ever Soil Atlas ... More >>
122 Million More People Pushed Into Hunger Since 2019 Due To Multiple Crises, Reveals UN Report
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 5:49 am | UN FAO
Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019 12/07/2023 – Rome/New York/Geneva – Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated ... More >>
FAO Welcomes Three New Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems In Iran And Japan
Thursday, 6 July 2023, 8:45 pm | UN FAO
Three new GIAHS sites in Asia announced, highlighting importance of building resilience, harnessing local biodiversity and tackling food security 06/07/2023, Rome - Three new sites in Asia are the latest to have been formally recognized as Globally Important ... More >>
As The Pace Of Urbanization Quickens In Asia-Pacific, So Too Does The Threat Of Urban Food Insecurity
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 9:05 pm | UN FAO
24/01/2023, Bangkok – Asia’s cities are growing at such a fast pace that nearly 55 percent of the region’s enormous population is expected to reside in urban areas by 2030, and that will have equally enormous consequences for urban food security ... More >>
On World Food Day, The Asia-Pacific Region Faces Multiple Challenges To Reach Its Most Disadvantaged And Malnourished
Monday, 17 October 2022, 6:56 pm | UN FAO
17/10/2022, Bangkok – Global conflicts, a lingering pandemic, inflation, erratic swings in the price of energy, fertilizers and basic foods – these are just some of the major challenges facing countries and people in the Asia-Pacific region as ... More >>
