food and agricultural organization (FAO)

detail description of food and agricultural organization

1. FOOD AND
NUTRITIONAL AGENCIES
Ms. SAHELI C
LECTURER
IACN

2. INTRODUCTION
Food and nutritional agencies include:
1.Food and agriculture organization.
2.National Institute of public cooperation and child
development (NIPCCD)
3.Central food technological research institute (CFTRI)
4.National institute of nutrition (NIN)
5.Cooperative for assistance and relief everywhere.

3. 1. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
•FAOwasestablishedon16October,1945inQuebeccity,
Canada.
•In1951,itsheadquartersweremovedfromWashington,DC
Unitedstates,Rome,Italy.
•TheagencyisdirectedbytheConferenceofMemberNations,
whichmeetsevery2yearstoreviewtheworkcarriedoutby
theorganizationandtoapproveaprogrammeofworkand
budgetforthenext2yearperiod.

4. ❖Theconferenceelectsacouncilof49memberstates
thatactsasangoverningbody,andtheDirector
Generalthatheadstheagency.
❖Beginningin1994,FAOunderwentthemostsignificant
restructuringsinceitsfounding,todecentralize
operations,streamlineproceduresandreducecosts.

5. OBJECTIVES
The FAO's official strategic objectives include:-
•Help eliminate hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition
•Make agriculture, forestry, and fisheries more productive
and sustainable
•Reduce rural poverty
•Enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems
•Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises
•Establish technical quality, statistics, and cross-cutting
themes

6. DEPARTMENTS OF FAO
ThedepartmentsofFAOiscomposedof8departments:
1.AdministrationandFinance
2.AgricultureandConsumerProtection
3.Economicandsocialdevelopment
4.FisheriesandAquaculture.
5.Forestry
6.Knowledgeandcommunication
7.Naturalresourcemanagement
8.Technicalcooperation.

8. PROGRAMMES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

14. ❑ThesummitconcludedwiththesigningoftheRome
declaration,whichestablishedthegoalofhalvingthe
numberofpeoplewhosufferfromhungerbytheyear
2015.
❑Atthesametime,1200civilsocietyorganizationsfrom
80countriesparticipatedinanNGOforum.
❑Theforumwascriticalofthegrowingindustrialization
ofagricultureandcalleduponGovernmentsandFAO
todomoretoprotectthe‘Righttofood’ofthepoor.

15. •THE RIGHT TO FOOD guideline:
❑In2004therighttofoodguidelineswasadopted,offering
guidancetostatesonhowtoimplementtheirobligationson
therighttofood
▪INTEGRATEDPESTMANAGEMENT:
❑Duringthe1990s,FAOtookaleadingroleinthepromotionof
integratedpestmanagementforriceproductioninAsia.
❑Hundredsofthousandsoffarmersweretrainedusingan
approachknownastheFarmerFieldSchool(FFS).

16. ❑ThefundsforFarmerFieldSchoolscamefrom
bilateralTrustFunds,withAustralia,Netherlands,
NorwayandSwitzerlandactingastheleadingdonor.
❑FAOeffortsinthisareahavedrawnpraisefromNGOs
thathaveotherwisecriticizedmuchoftheworkofthe
organization.

17. •INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE:
❑FAO’Stechnicalcooperationdepartmenthostsan
investmentCentrethatpromotesgreaterinvestmentin
agricultureandruraldevelopmentbyhelpingdeveloping
countries
❑Formulatesustainableagriculturalpolicies,programmes
andprojects.
❑Itmobilizesfundingfrommultilateralinstitutionsuchas
WorldBank,regionaldevelopmentbanksandinternational
fundaswellasFAOresources.

18. •FORESTRY
❑One of the FAO’s strategic goals is the sustainable
management of the world’s forest.
❑The FAO forestry department works to balance social
and environmental considerations with the economic
needs of rural population living in forest areas.
❑Serves as an reliable source of information on forests
and trees and as a provider of expert technical
assistance and advice to help countries develop and
implement effective national forest programme.