# Food and Agriculture Organization

Food and Agriculture Organization

specialized agency of the United Nations| Industry |   |
| Year dem found am | 1 February 1945  |
| Ein field of work | agriculture, food assistance, food security  |
| Position held by head of the organization | Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization  |
| Director / manager | Qu Dongyu  |
| Motto text | fiat panis  |
| Country | Italy  |
| Member of | Digital Public Goods Alliance, International Household Survey Network  |
| Parent organization or unit | United Nations Economic and Social Council  |
| Get subsidiary | Somalia Water and Land Information, FAO Representation in Ghana, FAO Representation in China, FAO representation in Kenya  |
| Owner of | Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database  |
| Partnership with | International Civil Aviation Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development  |
| Demma headquarters location | Rome  |
| Dey replace | International Institute of Agriculture  |
| IPv4 routing prefix | 168.202.0.0/16  |
| Dema official website |   |
| Website account on | Toutiao  |
| Interested in | food security  |

De **Food den Agriculture Organization of de United Nations** (**FAO**) be specialized agency of de United Nations wey dey lead international efforts say dem go defeat hunger den improve nutrition den food security. Ein Latin motto, *fiat panis*, dey mean "let there be bread". Dem form am for 16 October 1945 insyd.

De FAO dey comprise 195 members, wey dey include 194 countries den de European Union. Ein headquarters dey for Rome, Italy insyd, wey edey maintain regional den field offices worldwide, wey dey operate for ova 130 countries insyd. Edey help governments den development agencies dey coordinate dema activities make dem improve den develop agriculture, forestry, fisheries, den land den water resources. E sanso dey conduct research, dey provide technical assistance to projects, dey operate educational den training programs, den dey collect agricultural output, production, den development data.

## Structure den finance

### Directors-General

* John Boyd Orr, October 1945 – April 1948
* Norris E. Dodd, April 1948 – December 1953
* Philip V. Cardon, January 1954 – April 1956
* Herbert Broadley, (acting) April 1956 – November 1956
* Binay Ranjan Sen, November 1956 – December 1967
* Addeke Hendrik Boerma, January 1968 – December 1975
* Edouard Saouma, January 1976 – December 1993
* Jacques Diouf, January 1994 – December 2011
* José Graziano da Silva, January 2012 – July 2019
* Qu Dongyu, August 2019 – present

### Deputy Directors-General

* William Nobel Clark: 1948
* Sir Herbert Broadley: 1948–1958
* Friedrich Traugott Wahlen: 1958–1959
* Norman C. Wright: 1959–1963
* Oris V. Wells: 1963–1971
* Roy I. Jackson: 1971–1978
* Ralph W. Phillips: 1978–1981
* Edward M. West: 1981–1985
* Declan J. Walton: 1986–1987
* Howard Hjort: 1992–1997
* Vikram J. Shah (ad personam): 1992–1995
* David A. Harcharik: 1998–2007
* James G. Butler: 2008–2010
* He Changchui (Operations): 2009–2011
* Ann Tutwiler (Knowledge): 2011–2012
* Manoj Juneja (Operations): 2011–2012
* Dan Gustafson (Programmes): 2012–2020
* Maria Helena Semedo: 2013–present
* Laurent Thomas: 2017–2023
* Beth Bechdol: 2020–present
* Maurizio Martina: 2023-present

## Offices

### FAO Headquarters

De world headquarters dey locate insyd Rome, for de former seat of de Department of Italian East Africa insyd. Na one of de most notable features of de building be de Axum Obelisk wich stand in front of de agency seat, although just outside de territory de Italian Government allocate to de FAO. Benito Mussolini ein troops take am from Ethiopia for 1937 insyd as war booty wey dem return am for 18 April 2005.

### Regional Offices

* Regional Office give Africa, insyd Accra, Ghana
* Regional Office give Asia den de Pacific, insyd Bangkok, Thailand
* Regional Office give Europe den Central Asia, insyd Budapest, Hungary
* Regional Office give Latin America den de Caribbean, insyd Santiago de Chile, Chile
* Regional Office give de Near East, insyd Cairo, Egypt

### Sub-regional Offices

* Sub-regional Office give Central Africa (SFC), insyd Libreville, Gabon
* Sub-regional Office give Central Asia, insyd Ankara, Turkey
* Sub-regional Office give Eastern Africa (SFE), insyd Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
* Sub-regional Office give Mesoamerica (SLM), insyd Panama City, Panama
* Sub-regional Office give North Africa, insyd Tunis, Tunisia
* Sub-regional Office give Southern Africa den East Africa, insyd Harare, Zimbabwe
* Sub-regional Office give de Caribbean, insyd Bridgetown, Barbados
* Sub-regional Office give de Gulf Cooperation Council States den Yemen, insyd Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
* Sub-regional Office give de Pacific Islands, insyd Apia, Samoa

### Liaison Offices

* Liaison Office give North America, insyd Washington, D.C., United States
* Liaison Office plus Japan, insyd Yokohama
* Liaison Office plus de European Union den Belgium, insyd Brussels
* Liaison Office plus de Russian Federation, insyd Moscow
* Liaison Office plus de United Nations, insyd Geneva, Switzerland
* Liaison Office plus de United Nations, insyd New York City, United States

### Partnership den Liaison Offices

Partnership den Liaison Offices dey provide for stronger country participation insyd de FAO ein work den programmes at national, sub-regional, regional, den inter-regional levels, wey dem enhance cooperation thru unilateral trust fund projects den South–South cooperation.

* Azerbaijan
* Cameroon
* Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
* Equatorial Guinea
* Kazakhstan
* Mexico
* Republic of Korea (South Korea)

## Membership

As of 1 May 2020, de Organization get 194 Member Nations, one Member Organization, den two Associate Members.

1. Afghanistan
2. Albania
3. Algeria
4. Andorra
5. Angola
6. Antigua and Barbuda
7. Argentina
8. Armenia
9. Australia
10. Austria
11. Azerbaijan
12. Bahamas, The
13. Bahrain
14. Bangladesh
15. Barbados
16. Belarus
17. Belgium
18. Belize
19. Benin
20. Bhutan
21. Bolivia
22. Bosnia and Herzegovina
23. Botswana
24. Brazil
25. Brunei
26. Bulgaria
27. Burkina Faso
28. Burundi
29. Cambodia
30. Cameroon
31. Canada
32. Cape Verde
33. Central African Republic
34. Chad
35. Chile
36. China
37. Colombia
38. Comoros
39. Congo, Democratic Republic of the
40. Congo, Republic of the
41. Cook Islands
42. Costa Rica
43. Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
44. Croatia
45. Cuba
46. Cyprus
47. Czech Republic (Czechia)
48. Denmark
49. Djibouti
50. Dominica
51. Dominican Republic
52. Ecuador
53. Egypt
54. El Salvador
55. Equatorial Guinea
56. Eritrea
57. Estonia
58. Eswatini (Swaziland)
59. Ethiopia
60. European Union
61. Faroe Islands
62. Fiji
63. Finland
64. France (French Republic)
65. Gabon
66. Gambia, The
67. Georgia
68. Germany
69. Ghana
70. Greece
71. Grenada
72. Guatemala
73. Guinea
74. Guinea-Bissau
75. Guyana
76. Haiti
77. Honduras
78. Hungary
79. Iceland
80. India
81. Indonesia
82. Iran
83. Iraq
84. Ireland
85. Israel
86. Italy
87. Jamaica
88. Japan
89. Jordan
90. Kazakhstan
91. Kenya
92. Kiribati
93. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
94. Korea, Republic of
95. Kuwait
96. Kyrgyzstan
97. Laos
98. Latvia
99. Lebanon
100. Lesotho
101. Liberia
102. Libya
103. Lithuania
104. Luxembourg
105. Madagascar
106. Malawi
107. Malaysia
108. Maldives
109. Mali
110. Malta
111. Marshall Islands
112. Mauritania
113. Mauritius
114. Mexico
115. Micronesia, Federated States of
116. Moldova
117. Monaco
118. Mongolia
119. Montenegro
120. Morocco
121. Mozambique
122. Myanmar (Burma)
123. Namibia
124. Nauru
125. Nepal
126. Netherlands
127. New Zealand
128. Nicaragua
129. Niger
130. Nigeria
131. Niue
132. North Macedonia
133. Norway
134. Oman
135. Pakistan
136. Palau
137. Panama
138. Papua New Guinea
139. Paraguay
140. Peru
141. Philippines
142. Poland
143. Portugal
144. Qatar
145. Romania
146. Russian Federation
147. Rwanda
148. Saint Kitts and Nevis
149. Saint Lucia
150. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
151. Samoa
152. San Marino
153. São Tomé and Príncipe
154. Saudi Arabia
155. Senegal
156. Serbia
157. Seychelles
158. Sierra Leone
159. Singapore
160. Slovakia
161. Slovenia
162. Solomon Islands
163. Somalia
164. South Africa
165. South Sudan
166. Spain
167. Sri Lanka
168. Sudan
169. Suriname
170. Sweden
171. Switzerland
172. Syria
173. Tajikistan
174. Tanzania
175. Thailand
176. Timor-Leste (East Timor)
177. Togo
178. Tokelau
179. Tonga
180. Trinidad and Tobago
181. Tunisia
182. Turkey
183. Turkmenistan
184. Tuvalu
185. Uganda
186. Ukraine
187. United Arab Emirates
188. United Kingdom
189. United States
190. Uruguay
191. Uzbekistan
192. Vanuatu
193. Venezuela
194. Vietnam
195. Yemen
196. Zambia
197. Zimbabwe

## Read further

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