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"Food Security" Operation to address global population growth by 1 billion

January 02, 2025

The US Census Bureau has revealed that the global population increased by over 71 million in 2024, bringing the total to 8.09 billion as of January 1, 2025.

FAO Asia-Pacific calls for urgent action to protect ‘Right to Foods’

October 07, 2024

Access to diverse, nutritious, and affordable food is increasingly at risk, with 733 million people worldwide suffering from hunger and malnutrition. In 2022, 23% of the Asia-Pacific population faced food insecurity, leading to high child malnutrition rates.

FAO urges Cambodia to act on rising regional avian influenza cases

FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN called for immediate regional action to fight the rise in avian influenza infections across the Asia-Pacific region.

Int'l wholesalers praise Thailand's potential as regional agricultural hub

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2024

Members of the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM), the global association of agricultural and food wholesalers representing over 40 countries, recently gathered in Bangkok to hold their first-ever meeting in Southeast Asia.

Thailand an example in agricultural development: UN body head

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Thailand will continue supporting operations of the UN’s key food organisation in the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on developing rural areas and agricultural systems to ensure the region’s food stability and sustainability.

Making Asia and the Pacific more dynamic, healthier, wealthier, and better

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024

We all know that we live in a changing world. In the vast area of Asia and the Pacific that change is most evident, over the past 20 years, the economies of many nations in the region have been moving out of the category of “least developed” and graduating into a “middle-income” status.

Water scarcity in Asia-Pacific casts a dark cloud over World Food Day

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2023

Competing demands for access to fresh water in the Asia-Pacific region are intensifying, and this could have dire consequences for the region's massive agriculture sector and, ultimately, could interrupt regular and affordable access to food, water resource management experts have warned.

Thai rice price surges amidst drought concerns

FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2023

The world has been witnessing increases in the price of rice following drought concerns and India’s export ban, but it is Thailand’s rice that has seen the sharpest rise, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.

New Soil Atlas of Asia provides a snapshot of the richness of soils

FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Commission have launched the first-ever Soil Atlas of Asia presenting a series of annotated maps that show the diversity of soil types across Asia.

New programme set to boost forest conservation in Indo-Malaya subregion

TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2023

Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded regional programme with country projects in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Papua New Guinea, and Thailand will deliver benefits to nature, climate, and people

Profit versus Sustainability: Are they mutually exclusive?

TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2023

The world's population is predicted to grow to more than 9 billion by 2050 and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that we will need to produce 60% more food to feed everyone, a huge increase that will undoubtedly take its toll on the planet.

Healthy diet cost in Brunei and Indonesia highest in Asean

MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2023

A healthy diet in the Sultanate has been ranked the second most expensive in Southeast Asia, according to a new set of indicators released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

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