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

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.

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Resources

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SWE-2012-143: Unintended implications of climate change policies - Large scale land acquisitions

General

Unintended implications of climate change policies - Large scale land acquisitions. Large scale land acquisitions (LLA) are rapidly becoming a controversial political issue, often allegedly driven by anticipations of climate change and/or as unintended ef

Kazakhstan Resilient Agroforestry and Rangeland Management Project

Objectives

Objective: Restore land productivity in targeted degraded landscapes in the Republic of Kazakhstan This project is divided into 2 pillars with the following respective pillar objectives: Pillar 1-WB: aims to pilot agroforestry practices using a community-centered approach and to build government capacity for landscape management and restoration. Pillar 2-FAO: focuses on expanding the use of sustainable pasture management practices and technologies in targeted areas.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Support to the Implementation of the New Land Laws in Malawi

General

The project supports the government per their request in awareness raising for national, district and local structures on the provisions of the new land laws, which will enhance their contributions towards the development of their implementation standards and guidelines and the actual implementation. The project will specifically build on support for women targeted with training in advocacy, confidence building and group dynamics to prepare them for the implementation of the new laws. The project will continue to raise awareness of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT), Principles of Responsible Investment in Agriculture (RAI) and Food Systems and the Right to Adequate Food Guidelines (RtF), which have positively contributed to the enactment of the laws and their understanding in a number of districts.

Technical Assistance to the Land Governance Development in South Sudan

General

Within the Food Security Framework Programme and in response to the Land Transparency Initiative launched by the United Kingdom Presidency at the G8, the European Union is leading the country partnership initiative with the Republic of South Sudan.The aforementioned country partnership has the potential to become an effective and much needed vehicle to enhance the coherence of donors support in the area of land governance and land transparency. It aims at supporting South Sudan efforts to str