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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFAO Regional Initiatives: Supporting member states to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
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No results found.The Asia-Pacific region, despite impressive economic growth, is home to 490 million people still suffering from chronic hunger and it accounts for 62 percent of undernourished people in the world. Other trends and topics that need to be taken into account include population growth, urbanization and change of dietary patterns, issues of malnutrition and food safety, climate change and disaster risk, and unsustainable production and environmental degradation. Therefore, in order to achieve FAO’s mandate related to SDG Goals, there is a need for placing sustainable agriculture and food systems in the center of the agenda applying the five principles of sustainable food and agriculture. In this regard, FAO plans to undertake to support member states in achieving SDGs through five Regional Initiatives in 2018-19, notably Zero Hunger, Blue Growth, Climate Change, One Health, and the Inter-regional Initiative on SIDS for the Pacific, which obtained endorsement at the 40th Session of the FAO Conference in July 2017. -
DocumentNational Medium-Term Priority Framework: MID Term Review 2013 2013
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No results found.In accordance with the FAO' organization policy, Indonesia was one of piloting countries in Asia and the Pacific Region in preparing the National Medium-Term Priority Framework (NMTPF) for Indonesia's External Assistance in the Agriculture Sectors 2010-2014. Such document is in line with the Government(GOI)'s National Medium Term Development Plan (NMTDP) for 2010-2014. The NMTPF is drafted in the form of a comprehensive Agriculture Development Framework by all parties including international or ganizations and resources partners. NMTPF is also a living document that can be reviewed and/or revised as necessary during the period of 2010-2014. At the end of 2012, the government entered mid-term review stage of NMTPF document leading by National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) in close cooperation with technical ministries: Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Ministry of Forestry (MoF) and the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF). The objective of the activity is to do the fo rmative evaluation on the NMTPF implementation progress and reviewing its Strategic Priority Areas (SPAs) against the current government strategic plan and policy. The review result is more focusing on amended SPA in line with the current national agricultural development priorities. Upon the endorsement by the Government of Indonesia, the NMTPF review report was endorsed by the Assistant of Director General/Regional Representative of Asia and the Pacific at the end of March, on behalf of FAO. I would like to express my appreciation for the remarkable collaboration of the Directorate of Multilateral Funding in Bappenas, for all the hard work they put into making the review process a success. Appreciation is also extended to the respected staff of the MoA, MoF, MMAF and technical directorates of Bappenas to their valuable contribution during the review process. We also indebted to the consultant and our colleagues from FAO Regional Office who worked effectively to finalize the report in close consultation with the government. I wish that the NMTPF review document will benefit to the Government of Indonesia in mobilizing the resources from development partners based on prioritized SPAs as a response to the dynamic economic, social, political and global change in agricultural sector. In line with the FAO's Country Programming Guidelines – Policy and Principle, the Country/Decentralized Office in close collaboration with the Government will prepare and transform the NMTPF into the Country Programming Framework (CFP) at the end of 2014. In this regard, the current NMTPF would be an important contribution not only as background inputs in developing the Country Programming Framework (CPF) of 2015-2020 but also for the National Medium Term Development Plan (NMTDP) of the Government of Indonesia and the United Nations Partnership Development Framework (UNPDF). -
ProjectStrengthening One Health Approaches for Countries in the Asia Pacific Region - TCP/RAS/3620 2020
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No results found.Recognizing that the Asia and Pacific region was undergoing profound changes as a result of economic growth, urbanization, migration and climate change, and considering the effect of these changes on agricultural and food systems and the environment with consequences for food production, safety and availability in the coming decades, the 33 rd Asia and the Pacific Regional Conference, held in 2016 requested a Regional Initiative on One Health Priority areas developing FAO's earlier work on zoonotic diseases and anti microbial resistance ( were identified A Regional Workshop involving 17 countries at which One Health issues in each country were discussed, gaps identified and plans of action proposed was held in Bangkok in October 2017 Following this, three countries Nepal, Papua New Guinea and Viet Nam expressed strong interest in taking part in a regional project Papua New Guinea requested support to raise awareness of food safety and improve biosecurity, including plant health, animal health, hygiene and public health measures Nepal requested assistance in reducing risks to human and occupational health through sustainable agriculture practices and improved food safety to advance nutrition within food systems, in addition to ongoing work on zoonotic diseases and AMR Viet Nam requested support to build capacity and update legal frameworks for pesticide use regulations, residue control for trade and safe and sustainable agriculture production Addressing the use of chemicals for chronic plant health problems and the resulting damage to the ecosystem and improving food safety to advance nutrition within food systems were named as priorities However, at the time the project was implemented, FAO Viet Nam did not have an FAO Representative in place Communications between FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Viet Nam country office and the concerned line ministry were considerably delayed By the time a FAO Representative was appointed, much of the implementation period had elapsed and there was little time available to deliver the originally planned activities In addition, the Government of Sri Lanka expressed interest that FAO provide technical support to develop a food safety policy and strategic plan for the country The external review of the food safety system in Sri Lanka, which was conducted by FAO in 2016 identified the non availability of a food safety policy and strategic framework as one of the key gaps in the country’s food safety programme Therefore, the Government requested that the World Health Organization ( and FAO).
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