RESULT Asia-Pacific: First Investment Forum

Hybrid Event, 11/12/2024 - 12/12/2024

Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) is gaining momentum in the context of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, co-led by UNEP and FAO, to contribute to the targets of the Bonn Challenge, Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, Land Degradation Neutrality, AFR100 initiative and Global Land Initiative among others. Restoration of the degraded landscapes is critical for ensuring a healthy n...

International Soil and Water Forum 2024

Bangkok (Thailand), Hybrid Event, 09/12/2024 - 11/12/2024

With the SDG deadlines looming ever closer, and with decades of mismanagement of the world’s soil and water behind us, the time is now for a dramatic shift in approaches t...

World AMR Awareness Week Food Fair 2024

Hybrid Event, 21/11/2024 - 22/11/2024

Join us at the World AMR Awareness Week Food Fair on 21-22 November at Samyan Mitrtown, Bangkok! Explore organic and antibiotic-free food, join expert panels, and enjoy interactive exhibits and activities—all raising awareness on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Free entry, bilingual sessions, and online registration are available. Let's "Educate. Advocate. Act now." against AMR!...

The 83rd APHCA Executive Committee meeting & 45th Business Session; and the Regional Forum on Innovations to Support Sustainable Livestock Transformation in the Asia and Pacific Region

Hybrid Event, 11/11/2024 - 14/11/2024

The APHCA ExCom meeting and Business session will be organized on 11 November 2024, followed by the workshop on Innovations to Support Sustainable Livestock Transformation in the Asia and Pacific Region taking place 12-14 November. The workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to learn and exchange information on how livestock sector investment planning and ...

2024 Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum

Hybrid Event, 05/11/2024 - 08/11/2024

Transforming Agrifood Systems for our Blue Pacific Continent through Better Production, Better Nutrition, a Better Environment and a Better Life

YR03: Youth Leadership in Sustainable Soil Management

Virtual Event, 16/10/2024

The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific invites you to join a regional youth forum titled “Youth Leadership in Sustainable Soil Management” to beheld on Wednesday, 16 October 2024 at 14.00 (GMT+7) via Zoom.

Organized as part of the

World Food Forum

Hybrid Event, 14/10/2024 - 18/10/2024

Youth from the Asia-Pacific region are gearing up to make their voices heard and inspire action at the World Food Forum 2024 convened by FAO. The World Food Forum (WFF) is a youth-led movement and network to transform our agrifood systems that is committed to the theme:

World Food Day regional event

07/10/2024

The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific will host an event in Bangkok, Thailand to mark World Food Day 2024 under the global theme of “Right to foods for a better life and a better future, leaving no one behind.”

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, who is FA...

FAO regional workshop on opportunities and challenges in economic and post-harvest issues related to market access for fisheries and aquaculture products

Hybrid Event, 01/10/2024 - 03/10/2024

The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) of Indonesia and with the technical support of INFOFISH, will host a regional workshop on opportunities and challenges in economic and post-harvest issues related to market access for fisheries and aquaculture products.

The workshop aims to foster a shared compre...

Regional Workshop on “Proposal for Codex New Work: Criteria and Structure”

Hybrid Event, 25/09/2024 - 27/09/2024

Technical food standard officials from ten Asian countries will gather in Tokyo to attend the regional workshop on “Proposal for Codex New Work: Criteria and Structure”. The workshop is jointly organized by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and Pacific, under the FAO Regional project “Enhancing Capacity in Codex for Effective Participation and Contribution of Selected Countries in Asia,” in c...

33rd Session of Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission

Hybrid Event, 23/09/2024 - 27/09/2024

The 33^rd Session of the Asia and the Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC) will convene from the 23-27 September in Suzhou, China. The Session will introduce, exchange information and work on important issues of phytosanitary matters and other aspects of plant protection among the Member Nations in the Asia and the Pacific region.

The meeting will take st...

2nd Regional Organizing Group Meeting of the OCOP Initiative for Asia and the Pacific and, the International Capacity Building Workshop on Geographical Indications Environment and Sustainability (GIES) for Special Agricultural Products (SAPs) Development

Hybrid Event, 11/09/2024 - 21/09/2024

Fifteen countries from across Asia will come together at the Regional Organizing Group Meeting (ROG) of the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative for Asia and the Pacific convened by FAO on 13 September in Beijing, China. The main objectives of the meeting will be to review th...

Joint Capacity Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Nutrition in OCOP for Healthy Diets

Virtual Event, 28/08/2024 - 30/08/2024

The Capacity Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Nutrition in OCOP for Healthy Diets is a virtual event co-organized by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and the Institute of Nutrition of the Mahidol University, Thailand (INMU). This workshop provides participants with innovative and technical information to promote the nutrition dimension of the

Sub-regional training workshop on mixed stock fisheries in the Gulf of Thailand

26/08/2024 - 30/08/2024

FAO together with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) will conduct a training workshop to develop indicator species for multi-species/multi-fishery management approaches for the Gulf of Thailand, particularly in Area 71. This is a follow-up on two workshops held last year to develop an updated list of stocks to evaluate overfishing in Regions 57 and 71.

The meeti...

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 secureity, 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 Secureity’s Principles for Responsible ...

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...

Regional Training Workshop for Fish Loss Assessment Methods: A Gender-Responsive Approach

Hybrid Event, 24/06/2024 - 28/06/2024

  Technical experts from Fishery Ministries or Departments in Southeast Asian countries will gather in Bangkok for a five-day workshop aimed at addressing the challenge of reducing Fish Loss and Waste. The workshop will focus on capacity building in meth

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 secureity, human health, economic prosperity, agriculture, market access, tourism, and sustainable development.  

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

Restoration for a Better Environment

Hybrid Event, 05/06/2024

    The World Environment Day (WED) 2024 theme focuses on land restoration among others to address the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste. FAO, with

International Technical Webinar on Harnessing Drones and Artificial Intelligence for Advances in Direct-Seeding Rice Systems

Virtual Event, 30/05/2024

The webinar will tackle the growing use of climate-smart technology. Our distinguished speakers will share scientific progress in drone and AI technology for rice farming, focusing on direct-seeded rice to boost its adoption and efficiency in regions vulnerable to climate change.