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Community Organizations Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Acronym
FAO
United Nations Agency

Focal point

Javier Molina Cruz
Phone number
+390657051

Location

Headquarters
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153
Rome
Italy
Working languages
Arabic
Chinese
English
Spanish
French

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people.

Members:

Naomi Kenney
Ilario Rea
Ana Paula De Lao
Marianna Bicchieri
Valerio Tranchida
Dubravka Bojic
Margret Vidar
Brad Paterson
Carolina Cenerini
VG Tenure
Stefanie Neno
Julien Custot
Francesca Gianfelici
Giulio DiStefano
Renata Mirulla
Gerard Ciparisse
Jeff Tschirley
Marieaude Even
Richard Eberlin
Yannick Fiedler
Rumyana Tonchovska
Ann-Kristin Rothe
Sally Bunning
Imma Subirats

Resources

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Status of Animal Genetic Resources - 2016

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Angola
Algeria
Marshall Islands
Qatar
Liechtenstein
South Sudan
San Marino
Micronesia
Ireland
Guinea
Benin
Monaco
Botswana
Singapore
Turkey
Andorra
Brunei Darussalam
United Arab Emirates
Argentina
United Kingdom
Nauru

Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-16/17/Inf.15
Session: Sess. 16

Statutes of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Reports & Research
November, 2016
France
Switzerland
Malawi
Spain
Germany
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Mozambique
Morocco
Philippines
Malaysia
Japan
Cambodia
Czech Republic
Argentina
India
Senegal
Chad
Mongolia
Bhutan
Hungary
Brazil
Netherlands

Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA/WG-PGR-8/16/Inf.9
Session: Sess. 8

Haïti et la FAO

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2016
Haiti
Americas

Haïti fait partie des membres fondateurs de l’Organisation et bénéficie d’un partenariat dynamique avec la FAO, qui est présente dans le pays depuis 1978. L’action de l’Organisation dans le pays a été axée sur l’amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, l’aide fournie allant du soutien à la formulation des politiques aux statistiques agricoles – y compris le recensement agricole national – en passant par un large éventail de projets de développement.