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Nominations now open for the Borlaug Field Award
World Food Prize Invitation to Nominate
TAP Newsletter January 2020
PNASF News July – December 2019, Issue – XXXII
Director Partnerships and Business Development position at IRRI
ISAAA in 2019 Accomplishment Report
TWAS-Lenovo Science Award
IAAS Annual Report 2019
Online Training Course on Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) using CSPro and Survey Solutions
Webinars on Pacific Community Food Production Initiatives for Improving Nutrition
Call for nominations for the 2020 GCHERA World Agriculture Prize
Plant Health Agriculture & Bioscience Conference – Call for Papers
A Smart Food feeding study in India
ACIAR’S new General Manager for Country Programs
MTCP2 Impact Stories from the Pacific Islands
Newsletter September 2019 from South Asia Biosafety Program (SABP)
Impact Report on the Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiatives (Social and Economic Impacts of Asian and African Countries), by Rural Development Administration (RDA)
Precision Application™ Conference in Southeast Asia 2019
Training on practical business skills for the youth of Myanmar
Vacancy Announcement for the position of Office Clerk Cum Accountant – NEDAC
International Hands-on Training on Genome Editing Technologies, Hyderabad, India, 14-25 October 2019
Agribusiness innovation workshop for young entrepreneurs organized
Agrobiodiversity Index, a new innovative tool to calculate agricultural biodiversity conservation
China’s Qu Dongyu succeeds Brazil’s Jose Graziano da Silva as FAO Director General
iJDF, a new program developing capacities in the Pacific region
WorldVeg training courses – Register now!
CDAIS International Forum, 13-14 May 2019, Namur, Belgium
Magazine articles on Smart Food Initiative – iMPACT
Magazine articles on Smart Food Initiative – Asia Inc500
Story on Bridging inventions to innovations in the Philippines
Story on Empowering women farmers to lead agricultural transformation in India
Story on Enhancing capacities in agricultural research in Bhutan
Story on Gender and agriculture: an unlikely couple married in Southeast Asia
Story on Tapping sweetpotato’s potential to improve farmer incomes and resilience in India
Joining of KM Coordinator, APAARI
Quality Education for Sustainable Agriculture and Agri-food Systems – Brochure
The Stories of Change book by TAP-CDAIS
Tertiary Sector Perspectives on Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) for Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific Tropics
GCHERA World Agriculture Prizes 2019 – Call for Nominations
The 10th GCHERA Conference 2019 – POSTPONED
First Lady of Niger Becomes Smart Food Ambassador
Plant scientist from UWA awarded Nancy Millis Medal
Best Practices for Agriculture Under Climate Change
Regional Workshop on Underutilized Animal Genetic Resources and their Amelioration
Vacancy Announcement for the position of Finance Coordinator
Satellite Symposium on Dryland Agrobiodiversity for Adaptation to Climate Change
Africa and Asia come together to lead a global initiative to diversify staples
APAARI 2nd Executive Committee Meeting 2018 and 15th General Assembly
International Seminar on Conservation and Prospecting of Bioresources in Asia-Pacific Region
Motivating and Attracting Youth in Agriculture – MAYA Road Map
Workshop on Agriculture and the Imperatives of Food and Nutrition Security
Sustainable Food Digital Agriculture Innovation Management Seminar
Webinar on Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation 2018
Regional Conference of Diverse Experts on Soil and Plant Health in Asia-Pacific
Xingguo Agricultural Seminar Sharing the experience of the father of Taiwan Plant Factory
Status of ASTI Indo-Pacific Survey
Fourth International Conference on Creativity and Innovations at (for/from/with) Grassroots
The “MAD” Conference, Managing Agriculture Digitally – Innovations for Sustainable Food
Transforming Food and Agriculture through ICT
Seminar sets Phase for ASTI Survey in Fiji
Reorienting Indian Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities by Dr R.S. Paroda
The 6th GCHERA World Agriculture Prize Award Ceremony Held in Nanjing Agricultural University on Oct.28
PNASF Newsletter, January-June 2018 Issue – XXIX
Newsletter from the National Biodiversity Authority
IITB-APAARI-NABARD Workshop, 6-7 December 2018, Mumbai
Webinar on Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation, 30 November 2018
Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition – A Global Event
Knowledge Management Workshop 2018
APAARI visited the National Chung Hsing University in Taichung, Taiwan
APAARI participated in the Sustainability Science and Development Goals meeting held in Bangkok
Regional Conference on Role of Soil and Plant Health Towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in Asia-Pacific, 21-23 November 2018, Bangkok, Thailand
Vacancy on CSA Country Profile for The Kingdom of Thailand – Consultancy, CIAT
Special National Symposium on “Extension Plant Pathology: Technological backstopping to the farmers/state officials”
Request for proposals to host the GODAN Secretariat
Regional Conference on Motivating and Attracting Youth in Agriculture, 30-31 August 2018, New Delhi, India
APAARI Staff drilled on Monitoring, Evaluation Reporting Skills
Executive Secretary APAARI visited SAARC Agriculture Center
APAARI participate in 3rd Senior Official Meetings of APEC Economies held at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Analytical research agenda workshop by APAARI and IFPRI
APAARI Executive Secretary Dr Ravi Khetarpal in Dhaka, Bangladesh for Phytosanitary Strategy
Call for nominees for the 2018 Maize-Asia Youth Innovators Awards
APAARI visited Minister Counselor of Health and Food Safety, EU
International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers: Unlocking the potential of agricultural innovation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
“Rice Agroforestry: Prospects for Impact and Research Needs” – A special side event by IRRI and World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
5th International Rice Congress (IRC 2018)
APAARI participated in Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification (CASI)
Executive Secretary, APAARI, met with Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture
CIAT delegation visited APAARI and expressed interest to join APAARI as a partner
ASEAN-India Research Training Fellowship (AIRTF)
APAARI meeting in Andhra Pradesh State Mega Seed Park
APAARI -DoA Thailand discuss avenues for improve collaboration
Regional Training on the use of Drones, Satellite Imagery and GIS for Agriculture in the Asia Pacific
Transforming agricultural education in the Asia-Pacific region: Developing functional capacities of young professionals, women in particular, to enhance agricultural innovation systems
FARA-APAARI Sign Partnership Agreement
Enhancing Germplasm exchange could expedite new crop varieties experts say
Guidelines for Documenting Success Story for APAARI
First Announcement: 13th International Conference on Development of Drylands: Converting Grey Areas into Green
APAARI and RDA seek closer collaboration
APAARI building new bridges for agri-food research and innovation in the Asia-Pacific
Taiwan promises more support to APAARI
Position Announcement: Regional Director – East and Southeast Asia The World Vegetable Center
Webinar with Universities on Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation – Bringing System-Wide Change in Asia-Pacific
Communication Toolkit for Participatory Research
APCoAB-APAARI visited Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
APCoAB-APAARI visited Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand
Biology and Management of Invasive Apple Snails
Webinar with Universities on Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation, Bringing System-wide Change in Asia-Pacific, 16 November 2017
ILRI vacancy: Scientist – Germplasm Health (closing date: 17 January 2018)
GODAN 600 Partners! Twitter Chat
Invitation to a Webinar on Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation Systems with Universities – 16 November
Global Hunger Index 2017 Report
SAARC Regional Consultation on ‘Facilitating the use of microbial pesticides in South Asia’
Executive Director, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana, visited APAARI
APAARI Meeting with High Level Delegation of Sri Lanka in Embassy of Sri Lanka at Bangkok
APAARI Participated in World Food Day 2017
APAARI visited Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand
APAARI-ADG FAO RAP meeting
FAO Regional Meeting on Agricultural Biotechnologies in Asia-Pacific
Regional Policy Dialogue on Scaling Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification (CASI) in South Asia
TAP partners meet in Laos to discuss progress on capacity development for agricultural innovation
World Vegetable New Logo
Reaping benefits through vermicomposting
Faculty training on Biofertilizers and Biopesticides
National Seminar on Doubling Farmers’ Income
National Conference of Nutrition Society of India
Short course on bioformaulation of biocontrol agents
Release of Monograph on Local Cattle of Assam
Annual Review Meeting of ICAR ‘Outreach Programme on Zoonotic Diseases’
MoU signed between Assam Agricultural University and Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh
“Sankalp Se Siddhi” – observed by Assam Agricultural University
Regional Expert Consultation on Underutilized Crops for Food and Nutritional Security in Asia and the Pacific, 13-15 November 2017, Bangkok
Template call good and promising practices on the use of ICTs for Agriculture
Family Farming Knowledge Platform
The Committee on World Food Security, CFS 44: 9-13 October 2017, FAO, Rome, Italy
An Introductory Message from GFAR Chair Bongiwe Njobe
Forests and fungi: Mekong communities reap the rewards of a 500 million-year-old partnership
Research gearing towards building farmer’s capacity on Dairy Products Processing and Diversification
81st ICRISAT Governing Board Meeting: Putting New Technologies in place
Safeguarding The Forests Through Reduced Impact Logging (RIL)
ICARDA contributes to scaling-out successful water use technologies in Saudi Arabia
Agriculture meets modern technology
CABI and Rothamsted Research launch UK Plant Microbiome initiative
The E-agriculture Strategy competing for a prestigious international prize – Please vote to help the strategy win!
Fiji’s first community managed cocoa processing unit launched
New micronutrient rich lentil varieties released in Nepal and India
New Crossbred Pig variety developed and released under ICAR-AICRP on Pig
New Nutrition Knowledge Bank gives Africans and Asians direct access to expert nutritional advice on their mobile phones
Pakistan releases first quality protein maize varieties
Improving the resilience of agricultural systems through innovation platforms: Creating space for farmer participation in research
One Day Farmers Training Workshop on “Introduction of Kiwifruit – Its High Quality Production & Efficient Cultivation Technologies” at NTHRI Shinkiari Mansehra
Family Farming Knowledge Platform – Data Overview
India releases the world’s most advanced and comprehensive analytical database of national food nutritional composition
Enhancing tribal farmers’ incomes through value addition
Visioning the future of Food Security
Proper investment in education can yield 19 times the return
Turning research into impact: Present, past and future September 27 to 29, 2016 – CIMMYT 50th Anniversary Conference
New project to save diversity of coconuts in the Pacific Islands
Experts finalize Filipino version of mobile app that identifies rice pests and diseases
Updated version of CAB Direct now launched, 7 July 2016, Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI)
Six botanical pesticides developed as alternative to commercial pesticides
Reaching out to stakeholders to join efforts of developing soil rehabilitation in Sri Lanka
Call for better policies at 2016 International Conference on Pulses
Young minds collaborate to solve global challenges
Opening the doors to India’s first low-energy genebank Read the article
On Roman Robigalia Day, scientists size up battle against centuries-old wheat rust disease
Joint action from ASEAN, other rice-growing countries, key to managing looming food crisis
Building better brands and lives through peri-urban dairying and smart crop-dairy farming
Expert Consultation on Successful Agri-Food Innovations in Asia and the Pacific – Call for Innovations
1st International Agrobiodiversity Congress, 6-9 November 2016, New Delhi, India
11th General Assembly Meeting, 12 October 2010, Suwon, Republic of Korea

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