Annexes

Publications in 2002 and 2003

2002

RAP 2002/01	Manual on the diagnosis of Nipah virus infection in animals
RAP 2002/02	Science and technology for sustainable food security, nutritional adequacy and poverty alleviation in the Asia-Pacific region
RAP 2002/03	Smallholder farmers in India: food security and agricultural policy
RAP 2002/04	Lychee production in the Asia-Pacific region
RAP 2002/05	Case study on education opportunities for hill tribes in northern Thailand
RAP 2002/06	Some issues associated with the livestock industries of the Asia-Pacific region
RAP 2002/07	Agrobiodiversity conservation and the role of rural women: expert consultation report
RAP 2002/08	Rural and tribal women in agro-biodiversity conservation: an Indian case study
RAP 2002/09	Investment in land and water
RAP 2002/10	Interactive mechanisms for small-scale fisheries management
RAP 2002/11	Inland capture fishery statistics of Southeast Asia: current status and information needs
RAP 2002/12	Rural Asia-Pacific: inter-disciplinary strategies to combat hunger and poverty. The rice-based livelihood-support systems
RAP 2002/13	Pacific Island fisheries: regional and country information
RAP 2002/14	Applying reduced impact logging to advance sustainable forest management
RAP 2002/15	From farmer field school to community IPM: ten years of IPM training in Asia
RAP 2002/16	The lychee crop in Asia and the Pacific
RAP 2002/17	Focusing small-scale aquaculture and aquatic resource management on poverty alleviation
RAP 2002/18	FAO in Asia and the Pacific. Annual report 2001
RAP 2002/19	Selected indicators of food and agriculture development in Asia-Pacific region, 1991-2001
RAP 2002/20	How design, management and policy affect the performance of irrigation projects
RAP 2002/21	Report of the 19^th session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission
RAP 2002/22	A basic laboratory manual for the small-scale production and testing of I-2 Newcastle disease vaccine
RAP 2002/23	The livestock industries of Thailand
RAP 2002/24	Report of the 26^th session of the Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA)
RAP 2002/25	Communities in flames: proceedings of an international conference on community involvement in fire management
RAP 2002/26	Water: source of food security
RAP 2002/27	Building awareness in aspects of fishery statistics, stock assessment and management: Proceedings of the FAO/SEAFDEC regional training workshop on the use of statistics and other information for stock assessment
RAP 2002/28	International plan of action for the conservation and management of sharks and the shark fisheries of Thailand
RAP 2002/29	Report of the regional expert consultation of the Asia-Pacific network for food and nutrition on the status of FIVIMS initiatives
RAP 2002/30	Giants on our hands: Proceedings of the international workshop on the domesticated Asian elephant

Other publications

Forest policies and forest policy reviews (workshop proceedings No. 2; EC-FAO partnership programme)

Gender differences in the transitional economy of Viet Nam

2003

RAP 2003/01	New approaches for the improvement of inland capture fishery statistics in the Mekong Basin. Ad-hoc expert consultation.
RAP 2003/02	Proceedings of the mini roundtable meeting on agricultural marketing and food security
RAP 2003/03	Report of the 19^th session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics
RAP 2003/04	The role of aquaculture and living aquatic resources. Priorities for support and networking
RAP 2003/05	Practical guidelines for the assessment, monitoring and reporting on national level criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management in dry forests in Asia
RAP 2003/06	The Yak, second edition
RAP 2003/07	A handbook for trainers on participatory local development: the Panchayati Raj model in India
RAP 2003/08	Community-based fire management: case studies from China, the Gambia, Honduras, India, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Turkey
RAP 2003/09	A handbook for training of disabled on rural enterprise development
RAP 2003/10	Selected indicators of food and agriculture development in Asia-Pacific region 1999-2002
RAP 2003/11	The role and nutritional value of aquatic resources in the livelihoods of rural people. A participatory assessment in Attapeu Province, Lao PDR. A contribution to the Dialogue on Water, Food and the Environment
RAP 2003/12	Report of the expert consultation on livestock statistics
RAP 2003/13	Expert consultation on agricultural extension, research-extension-farmer interface and technology transfer
RAP 2003/14	Bringing back the forests. Policies and practices for degraded lands and forests. Proceedings of the international conference
RAP 2003/15	Report of the expert consultation on rural women and distance learning: regional strategies
RAP 2003/16	Report of the Asian regional expert consultation on rural women in knowledge society
RAP 2003/17	Proceedings of the training workshop on forest product statistics
RAP 2003/18	Myanmar aquaculture and inland fisheries
RAP 2003/19	Advancing assisted natural regeneration (ANR) in Asia and the Pacific
RAP 2003/20	International alliance against hunger
RAP 2003/21	Report of the regional expert consultation of the Asia-Pacific Network for Food and Nutrition on food composition activities
RAP 2003/22	State of forestry in Asia and the Pacific 2003 - status, changes and trends

Meetings held in 2002 and 2003

2002

Regional expert consultation on farming systems and best practices for drought-prone areas in Asia and the Pacific (21-25 January)

EC-FAO partnership programme workshop - forest policy and forest policy reviews (22-24 January)

Regional consultation on focussing small-scale aquaculture and aquatic resource management on poverty alleviation (12-14 February)

Informal workshop on incentives for forest plantation development (19-21 March)

FAO-APAARI expert consultation on status of biotechnology in agriculture in Asia (21-23 March)

Workshop on strategic planning on forestry (26-29 March)

Workshop and study tour on assisted natural regeneration of degraded forests in Asia (22-26 April)

Workshop to develop guidelines for measurement of model forest level indicators for SFM (22-27 April)

Expert consultation on protein sources for the animal feed industry (29 April to 3 May)

RILSIM$ Workshop (6-8 May)

26^th session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) (13-17 May)

Workshop and training on forest products statistics (20-24 May)

Workshop on National Forest Programme (27-30 May)

Consultation on CUREMIS-II papers (30-31 May)

Workshop on "best practices" for bamboo and hickory cultivation and management and eco-tourism development (31 May to 12 June)

Expert consultation on agricultural extension, research-extension-farmer interface and technology transfer (16-19 July)

International Rice Commission (23-26 July)

Regional workshop on forestry and related policies, legislation and practices and their impacts on sustainable forest management and on the model forest approach (29 July to 2 August)

Joint FAO/WHO expert consultation on microbiological risk assessment: vibrio in seafoods and campylobacter in broilers (5-9 August)

SEARCA/FAO training workshop on electronic production of agricultural documents and bibliographic database management (7-15 August)

Measuring and monitoring the effects of forest harvesting on soil and water (12-21 August)

National demonstration centre on food consumption statistics from household income and expenditure surveys (HIES) (19-29 August)

26^th session of the Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA) (24-26 August)

19^th session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC) (26-30 August)

Ad hoc expert consultation on new approaches for the improvement of inland capture fishery statistics in the Mekong basin (2-5 September)

FAO/SEAFDEC (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center) regional training workshop on the use of statistics and other information for fish stock assessment (9-12 September)

Forest management certification and the design of local auditing systems for China (9-12 September)

FAO/WHO Regional Coordinating Committee for Asia (17-20 September)

Bringing back the forests: policies and practices for degraded lands and forests (7-9 October)

19^th session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (21-25 October)

Expert consultation on regional standard for phytosanitary measures and information sharing (29 October to 1 November)

FAO/UNESCO seminar on education for rural development and food security in Asia: experiences and policy lessons (5-7 November)

Workshop on data for food security in the framework of an integrated system of agricultural statistics (11-15 November)

Non-timber forest products and tribal community development (12-13 November)

Regional expert consultation of the Asia-Pacific network for food and nutrition on the status of FIVIMS initiatives (19-22 November)

Asia regional workshop on multilateral trade negotiations on agriculture (25-29 November)

4^th regional model forest workshop on experiences and lessons learnt from developing model forests and "what next?", and the 4^th RMFP project steering committee meeting (25-29 November)

Expert consultation on policy and economic issues in the transition to responsible fisheries in selected Asian countries (26 November)

Regional donor consultation on the role of aquaculture and living aquatic resources: priorities for support and networking (27-29 November)

Obtaining effective research results with scarce resources: strategies for research and innovation in forestry (2-4 December)

Man-made forests: using indigenous and exotic species in Viet Nam (9-11 December)

Africa-Asia agriculture against Aids consultation (11-13 December)

Regional consultation on rural women in knowledge society (16-19 December)

People’s participatory approaches in conservation and management of forest resources (16-19 December)

2003

FAO technical consultation on biological risk management in food and agriculture (13-17 January)

Regional conference on land tilting in Thailand (19-21 February)

Strengthening regional data exchange system on food and agriculture statistics in Asia and Pacific countries (27-28 March)

Establishment of the Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology (APCoAB) (4 April)

First regional consultation of the project Capacity Building in Biosafety of Genetically Modified Crops in Asia (7-10 July)

Expert consultation on livestock sector statistics (8-11 July)

Capacity building for automation in Philippine libraries and for broadening the base of the FAO AGRIS database: a training workshop (23-25 July)

23^rd session of the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission (4-8 August)

2^nd pesticide regulatory harmonization workshop for Southeast Asia (25-28 August)

1^st workshop on agricultural information management: web AGRIS system and the Thai agricultural information network (25-28 August)

27^th session of the Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (25-29 August)

Workshop on strengthening food and agricultural statistics in the Pacific in support of food security and poverty reduction policies and programmes (September)

Electronic production of agricultural documents and bibliographic database management (10-18 October)

First meeting of focal points for the project Implementation of the global plan of action for the conservation and sustainable utilization of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in Asia and the Pacific region (13-15 October)

Seminar on the production and exports of organic fruit and vegetables in Asia (3-5 November)

FAO-ASEAN strategic planning workshop on harmonization of standards for shrimp import-export (4-6 November)

Workshop on identification and selection of manure management options for confining pig production in rapidly growing economies (19-21 November)

Regional expert consultation of the Asia-Pacific Network for Food and Nutrition on Food Composition Activities (18-21 November)

Technical consultation: gender data for rural livelihood policies and programmes (10-13 December)

69^th Meeting of the APFIC Executive Committee (15-17 December)