APIRAS Sub-Regional Networks

Welcome to APIRAS

Asia-Pacific Islands Rural Advisory Services Network (APIRAS) was organized in 2011 to serve as a platform for networking, advocacy, and capacity building for agricultural extension and rural advisory services (RAS) professionals and institutions in the Asia-Pacific Islands Region.

Together with the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS), it has been organising RAS providers in the region through its sub-regional networks and country fora; promoting capacity development; and advocating for an appropriate enabling environment that allows smallholder farmers to access market-oriented advisory services.

APIRAS PUBLICATIONS

In 2022, the Rural Development Administration(RDA) of the Republic of Korea through its Asian Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (AFACI)

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Agribusiness incubation plays a key role in creating and nurturing viable agricultural.

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The creation of Competitive Research Grants (CRGs) is globally recognized as an institutional

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Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) and short organic supply chains have emerged as promising solutions

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NEWS FROM REGION

Training-Workshop on Transformational Agricultural Innovation Systems for the New Future (TrAInS),16-20 June 2025

The Training-Workshop on Transformational Agricultural Innovation Systems for the New Future (TrAInS) aims to engage the participants in analyzing the challenges facing agriculture and in developing collaborative and transformative programs for agricultural development...

Fewer farmers, bigger farms: Cambodia’s agricultural shift paves way for 2050 vision

Cambodia is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation in its agricultural sector. New data from the 2023 Census of Agriculture Cambodia (CAC) reveals a 13 per cent (280,000 households) decline in the number of agricultural households compared to 2013, even as the average landholding size has grown....

Philippines Advocates Reforms at Food and Agriculture Organization on its 80th Year

The Philippines supported the emerging consensus among Member States on the need to make the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) more agile, efficient, responsive, impactful and fit for purpose, and aligned with the wider United Nations system, at the 177th session of the Council of FAO held on 07-11 April 2025 at its headquarters in Rome, Italy...

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APIRAS PARTNERS

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Host


Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions(APAARI)
182 Larn Luang Road,
Khlong Mahanak Pomprab Sattrupai
Bangkok, 10100, Thailand

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Centre for Research on Innovation and Science Policy (CRISP)
H.No: 8-2-598/A/13, Opposite Vista Image, Road No.10, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad– 500034, India

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