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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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Impacts of foreign agricultural investment on developing countries: evidence from case studies

Reports & Research
November, 2014
Egypt
Nigeria
United States of America
Zambia
Mali
Zimbabwe
Indonesia
Ghana
Congo
Ethiopia
Niger
Thailand
Mozambique
Morocco
Philippines
Uganda
Madagascar
Tanzania
Cambodia
Senegal
Sudan
Brazil

There is growing evidence that investing in developing countries’ agricultural sector is among the most efficient ways to reduce poverty and hunger. Agricultural investments can generate a wide range of developmental benefits, but these benefits cannot be expected to arise automatically and some forms of large-scale investment carry risks for host countries. Although there has been much debate about the potential benefits and risks of international investment, there is a lack of systematic evidence on the actual impacts on the host country and their determinants.

Carte des Systèmes d’Utilisation du Sol (LUS) du Burundi. Rapport

Reports & Research
November, 2014
Burundi
Cuba
Africa

Le projet Kagera TAMP est financé par le Fonds pour l’environnement mondial (FEM), en partenariat avec les gouvernements, les programmes partenaires et les donateurs, au niveau des pays et de la région. L’ensemble du projet a été révisé et intégré dans le programme de travail du FEM, avec un financement approuvé de 7 millions de $EU, dans le cadre du Programme stratégique d’investissement pour la gestion durable des terres en Afrique Subsaharienne.