Food and Agriculture Organization (HQ)
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Description
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations founded in 1945 in Rome, Italy. Its main purpose is to eliminate world hunger and improve nutrition by coordinating the activities of governments in the fields of agriculture, forestry, and the fishing industry. FAO also supports countries through research, specialization, development, practical applications, and disaster relief.
FAO's work is aimed at reducing the severity of the world's poverty and hunger by developing agriculture, improving nutrition, and addressing food security challenges allowing access to the food necessary for an active and healthy life. The FAO acts as a neutral forum as well as a source of knowledge and information and helps developing countries and countries with economies in transition to modernize and improve agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. The organization's motto in Latin is “Fiat panis” – translated as “Let there be bread”. As of August 2018, FAO had 197 member states, the representatives of which meet every two years at the FAO Conference to review global policy issues and international frameworks and to summarize and approve the budget for the next two years.
FAO key sectors: Agriculture, Poverty Reduction, Hunger Elimination, Food Security, Nutrition, Research, Socio-Economic Development, Disaster Relief, Fisheries & Aquaculture, etc.
Country eligibility
Circumstantial eligible countries
Tender Management Modes
GCF
IFAD
GEF
GA Canada
Other agencies
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Colombia
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Bangladesh)
Food and Agriculture Organization Pakistan
Food and Agriculture Organization, Dem. Rep. Congo
Other agencies
GEF
UNDP
WFP
GCF
Other agencies
Contracting Authorities
FAO
Grant Management Modes
FCDO
SIDA
EC
GEF
World Food Programme (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
United Nations Development Programme (Ukraine)
World Food Programme (HQ)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Bolivia
Other agencies
WFP
EC
GIZ
FCDO
Other agencies
Contracting Authorities
FAO