United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) strives to achieve a world free of hunger and malnutrition where food security and agriculture contribute to improving everyone's standard of living, in particular that of the poorest, in an economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable manner.

The three overarching objectives of FAO Member States are:

  • first to eradicate hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition, progressively building a world in which everyone has regular access to sufficient, healthy, and nutritious food. This enables everyone to satisfy their food needs and preferences and lead active, healthy lives.

  • The second objective is to eliminate poverty and promote social and economic growth for everyone by improving food production, encouraging rural development, and building sustainable livelihoods.

  • The third objective is to ensure that natural resources, including land, water, air, climate and genetic resources, are managed and used in a sustainable manner for the good of present and future generations.

The FAO develops, collects, and shares crucial information regarding food, agriculture, and natural resources, which are all global public goods. The FAO plays a connector role by identifying and collaborating with different partners with established technical expertise, and by facilitating dialogue between those who hold knowledge and those who need it. By turning knowledge into action, the FAO links the field to national, regional and global initiatives within a mutually reinforcing network.

FAO : Via delle terme di Caracalla - 00100 Rome - Italie - Tél. : (+39) 06 57051 - Fax : (+39) 06 570 53152 - Web : www.fao.org

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