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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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Displaying 1616 - 1620 of 5074Global political processes: United Nations Forum of Forests, Sustainable Development Goals, and the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change
Meeting symbol/code: FO:LACFC/2015/4
Session: Sess. 29
Report of the Second working session of the European Soil Partnership (ESP) 17-18 March 2015, Rome, Italy
Meeting Name: European Soil Partnership (ESP)
Lao People’s Democratic Republic and FAO
FAO has been operational in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic since 1975, delivering policy and technical development assistance through approximately 250 projects to date. FAO’s support continues to be instrumental as the country faces key opportunities and challenges in the agriculture sector, including increased commercialization and transparency of markets and growing pressure on land. Lao PDR has committed to improving food security as part of its efforts to graduate from the category of least-developed countries by 2020.
Draft Rules of Procedure of the Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry. European Forestry Commission meeting
Meeting Name: European Forestry Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:EFC/2015/10 - ECE/TIM/2015/10
Session: Sess.38 - Sess.73
Malta and FAO
Malta’s partnership with FAO dates back to 1964, the year the country joined the Organization. Cooperation through emergency interventions in the 1970s enabled Malta’s successful eradication of African swine fever. Water management has been another major area of FAO assistance – and one of strategic importance – in the country, with action focusing on sustainable management of Malta’s water resources and development of a national water policy.