A 2005 report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) estimates that although the Earth's total forest area continues to decrease at about 13 million hectares per year, the global rate of deforestation has recently been slowing.

The FAO estimates the irrigation potential of all countries in the Niger river basin at 2. 8 million hectares.

The FAO estimates the world production of raw silk at 164971 tonnes in 2009

FAO estimates humans have used some 10 000 species for food throughout history.

According to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) there were 925 million undernourished people in the world in 2010.

According to estimates by the FAO there were 925 million under-or malnourished people in the world in 2010.

The FAO estimates that Asia accounts for over 80 percent of them.

An FAO survey done in the northern regions in spring 2002 showed that in four provinces ( Balkh, Juzjan, Sar-e Pol, and Faryab ), there was a loss of about 84 % of cattle from 1997 to 2002 and around 80 % of sheep and goat.

FAO is receiving a total of around € 200 million for work in 25 countries, of which € 15. 4 million goes to Zimbabwe.

Worldwide around 925 million people are chronically hungry due to extreme poverty, while up to 2 billion people lack food security intermittently due to varying degrees of poverty ( source: FAO, 2010 ).

In 1997, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) documented the estimated bycatch and discard levels from shrimp fisheries around the world.

FAO and SADC published a handbook on PRCA and this methodology is still widely used today in various projects around the world.

From around 1970, competition from newer suburban shopping malls led management to reposition the Plaza with luxury hotels such as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, higher end restaurants, and upscale retailers including Gucci, FAO Schwarz, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bally and Halls.

FAO instead opted to daily feeding programs that fed only a small percentage of some 800 million ( Now 1. 3 Billion ) starving people around the world at a cost of billions of dollars.

About 60 % of the world's pasture land is covered by grazing systems. Grazing systems supply approximately 9 percent of the world's production of beef, according to Food and Agriculture Organization FAO statistics.

Demographics of Angola, Data of Food and Agriculture Organization | FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

As such, it has to be distinguished from agricultural land, which, according to Food and Agriculture Organization's ( FAO ) definition, additionally includes land under permanent crops as well as permanent pastures.

Population of Antigua and Barbuda, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Population in thousands ; Data of Food and Agriculture Organization | FAO, year 2005.

Demographics of Botswana, Data of Food and Agriculture Organisation | FAO, year 2008 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Demographics of Burkina Faso, Data of Food and Agriculture Organization | FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Demographics of Burundi, Data of Food and Agriculture Organization | FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Government forces clashed violently with rebel forces, including the Movement for Democracy and Development, MDD, National Revival Committee for Peace and Democracy ( CSNPD ), Chadian National Front ( FNT ) and the Western Armed Forces ( FAO ), near Lake Chad and in southern regions of the country.

Demographics of Chad, Data of Food and Agriculture Organization | FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Demographics of Cape Verde, Data of Food and Agriculture Organization | FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Demographics of Central African Republic, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Demographics of Côte d ' Ivoire, Data of Food and Agriculture Organization | FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Demographics of Comoros, Data of Food and Agriculture Organization | FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

In 2000 the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) found that " the role of population dynamics in a local setting may vary from decisive to negligible ," and that deforestation can result from " a combination of population pressure and stagnating economic, social and technological conditions.

" Other critics of the FAO data point out that they do not distinguish between forest types, and that they are based largely on reporting from forestry departments of individual countries, which do not take into account unofficial activities like illegal logging.

Demographics of Egypt, Data of Food and Agriculture Organization | FAO, year 2005 ; number of inhabitants in thousands.

A report by the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) states that Afghanistan was nearing self-sufficiency in grain production.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) ( Italian: Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l ' Alimentazione e l ' Agricoltura ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that 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, and helps developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices, ensuring good nutrition and food security for all.

, FAO has 191 member states along with the European Union, Faroe Islands and Tokelau which are associate members.

Its functions were then transferred to the recently established FAO.

FAO headquarters in Rome.

The FAO regular budget for 2012-2013 biennium is US $ 1, 005. 6 million.

The FAO purports that the world already produces enough food to feed everyone — 6 billion people — and could feed double — 12 billion people.

In 2011, the store expanded its FAO Schweetz candy department to encompass 6, 000 square feet on Level One of the FAO Schwarz Fifth Avenue flagship store.

In 2004, FAO reported that 80. 6 % of the world ’ s cobia production was by primarily China and Taiwan. FAO After China and Taiwan, Vietnam is the third largest producer of farmed cobia in the world where production was estimated at 1500 tonnes in 2008.

* Pauly D and Froese R ( 2012 ) " Comments on FAO ’ s State of Fisheries and Aquaculture, or ‘ SOFIA 2010 ’ Marine Policy, 6: 746 – 752.