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FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific aims at "resilience ...
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam - Ministers from around Asia and the Pacific gathered in here to negotiate collaboration pathways with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). They aim to harness the region’s increasingly prosperous and dynamic agricultural capacities to bolster food security for all, while ensuring smallholders benefit from technology and trade. This week’s 38th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC38) will indicate the priority regional and local themes and areas for FAO to take into account while preparing the Programme of Work and Budget for the next biennium, and aligning them with FAO’s Strategic Framework, Medium-Term Plan and country programming frameworks.“We must build resilience from within, because no external help will be sustainable without our own collective will,” FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said in remarks to the key Ministerial meeting on Thursday. The event was opened by the Crown Prince of Brunei, His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah ibini His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah.FAO’s Director-General noted that the region, home to more than half the world’s population and food production, has made remarkable progress in agricultural productivity, trade and technological innovation, yet remains home to more food insecure people than any other.“Public resources alone will not be enough,” he said, urging participants to engage with the theme of financing and investments in agrifood systems, which are at the center of several roundtable dialogues at the APRC38. Qu pointed to “unprecedented opportunities” for the region through science and innovation, digitalization, investment and partnerships, noting that more and more countries in the region are graduating out of Least Developed Country status and, having a stronger food security base, are aiming to increase trade in their agricultural surpluses and value-added products. The Regional ConferenceThe APRC38’s agenda includes bolstering access to affordable and nutritious diets – which are relatively expensive compared to global averages – speeding up low-emission and sustainable agricultural practices, facilitating trade and market integration and mobilizing domestic and international finance and investment and directing it to smallholders, who constitute 80 percent of all agricultural producers in the region. Among the ministerial roundtables are sessions focusing on bol...
FAO Asia-Pacific Conference Targets Resilience Within
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam - Ministers from around Asia and the Pacific gathered in here to negotiate collaboration pathways with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). They aim to harness the region's increasingly prosperous and dynamic agricultural capacities to bolster food security for all, while ensuring smallholders benefit from technology and trade.This week's 38th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC38) will indicate the priority regional and local themes and areas for FAO to take into account while preparing the Programme of Work and Budget for the next biennium, and aligning them with FAO's Strategic Framework, Medium-Term Plan and country programming frameworks."We must build resilience from within, because no external help will be sustainable without our own collective will," FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said in remarks to the key Ministerial meeting on Thursday. The event was opened by the Crown Prince of Brunei, His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah ibini His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah.FAO's Director-General noted that the region, home to more than half the world's population and food production, has made remarkable progress in agricultural productivity, trade and technological innovation, yet remains home to more food insecure people than any other."Public resources alone will not be enough," he said, urging participants to engage with the theme of financing and investments in agrifood systems, which are at the center of several roundtable dialogues at the APRC38.Qu pointed to "unprecedented opportunities" for the region through science and innovation, digitalization, investment and partnerships, noting that more and more countries in the region are graduating out of Least Developed Country status and, having a stronger food security base, are aiming to increase trade in their agricultural surpluses and value-added products.The Regional ConferenceThe APRC38's agenda includes bolstering access to affordable and nutritious diets - which are relatively expensive compared to global averages - speeding up low-emission and sustainable agricultural practices, facilitating trade and market integration and mobilizing domestic and international finance and investment and directing it to smallholders, who constitute 80 percent of all agricultural producers in the region.Among the ministerial roundtables are sessions focusing on bolster...
FAO APRC38 Conference: Asia-Pacific Food Security Discussion
Summary FAO Director-General QU Dongyu opened the APRC38 conference in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam on April 23, 2026, convening ministers from across Asia and the Pacific to negotiate collaboration pathways with FAO. The conference aims to harness the region's increasingly prosperous and dynamic agricultural capacities to bolster food security while ensuring smallholders ...
FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific convenes to address ...
Ministers from across Asia and the Pacific met this week in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, for the 38th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Conference (APRC38). The conference aims to establish collaborative strategies to improve regional food security and agricultural productivity.
