Porta Capena square hosts the FAO headquarters.

The FAO Mission Conference for Central and Eastern European countries recognized the Žemaitukas as an internationally watched breed, and included it into the FAO World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity.

FAO established an Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases in 1994, focusing on the control of diseases like rinderpest, foot-and-mouth disease and avian flu by helping governments coordinate their responses.

* Apply traceability processes on the whole production chain ( breeding, feed, medical treatment ...) for consumer security and feedback possibility in case of a food crisis ( e. g., dioxin ). FAO: GAP: FAO GAP Principles: Animal Health and Welfare

FAO Animal Production and Health Papers 154.

" The United States is collaborating closely with eight international organizations, including the World Health Organization ( WHO ), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ), the World Organization for Animal Health ( OIE ), and 88 foreign governments to address the situation through planning, greater monitoring, and full transparency in reporting and investigating avian influenza occurrences.

*" Country Report ( For FAO State of the World ’ s Animal Genetic Resources Process )", Editorial Committee Office of the Japanese Country Report, Animal Genetic Resources Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan.

* FAO Animal Feed Resources Information System: Pennisetum purpureum

FAO has carried out projects in over 25 countries and inter-agency missions in nearly 60, scaled up its monitoring through the Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture, provided policy advice to governments while supporting their efforts to increase food production, and advocated for more investment in agriculture.

FAO ’ s Global Information and Early Warning System ( GIEWS ) monitors world food supply / demand and provides the international community with prompt information on crop prospects and the food security situation on a global, regional and country-by-country basis.

" – Country Information Brief, FAO June 1995

;* FAO Avian Influenza portal Information resources, animations, videos, photos

* FAO Locust Watch ( Desert Locust Information Service )

* FAO Information Network on Post-harvest Operations INPho

It was developed by an international collaboration coordinated by the International Soil Reference and Information Centre ( ISRIC ) and sponsored by the IUSS and the FAO via its Land & Water Development division.

From 1998 to 2001 the Indo-Pacific countries involved in aquaculture ; China, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand witnessed a 119 percent increase in output ( FAO fishery Information Data and Statistics Unit 2003 ).

* Agricultural Information Management Standards, abbreviated to AIMS, a web portal managed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO )

According to Dr. Felix Librero, professor of development communication and distance education of the University of the Philippines Open University, the term development communication was first used by then Chairperson of the Department of Agricultural Communications, Dr. Nora Quebral, in her paper, Development Communication in the Agricultural Context presented in a 1971 symposium in honor of Dr. Umali former Dean of the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture ( UPCA ) and University of the Philippines ( UP ) Vice President for Agriculture and Forestry Affairs, who had just been appointed FAO Deputy Director-General for Asia and the Far East.

In 1994 the FAO project " Communication for Development in Southern Africa " was a pioneer in supporting and enhancing development projects and programs through the use of participatory communication approaches.

The FAO project, placed under SADC, developed an innovative methodology known as PRCA-Participatory Rural Communication Appraisal, which combined participatory tools and techniques with a strong communication focus needed to design strategies enhancing projects ' results and sustainability.

The visual identity and communication campaign is by FAO WATER, the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) Water section.

The communication and visual identity campaign is by FAO WATER, the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) Water section.

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.

The FAO / WHO Codex standard for canned sardines cites 21 species that may be classed as sardines ; FishBase, a comprehensive database of information about fish, calls at least six species " pilchard ", over a dozen just " sardine ", and many more with the two basic names qualified by various adjectives.

The Joint FAO / WHO expert committee on food additives states that, " based on the information available, it is inadvisable to use carrageenan or processed eucheuma seaweed in infant formulas ".

After studying at Columbia University, he went on to serve the United Nations and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization for approximately eleven years, first as press attache to the UN Moroccan Mission in New York ( 1965 ), then as information officer at the UN headquarters in New York and in Addis Ababa ( 1965 – 1967 ), regional information adviser for Africa at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Accra, Ghana ( 1967 – 1971 ), communications adviser for the FAO at Rome ( 1961 – 1974 ), director of the information division at the same ( 1974 – 1976 ), and finally as Assistant-Secretary General at the UN World Food Conference ( 1974 – 1975 ).

FAO also provides information and training to affected countries and coordinates funding from donor agencies in case of major upsurges and plagues.

The Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) of the United Nations provides information on the general locust situation to all interested countries and gives warnings and forecasts to those countries in danger of invasion.

Bank for International Settlements, Council of Europe, Central European Initiative, EBRD, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, FAO, Group of 77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, International Criminal Court, International Development Association, IFAD, International Finance Corporation, IFRCS, ILO, International Monetary Fund, International Maritime Organization, Interpol, IOC, International Organization for Migration ( observer ), ISO, ITU, Non-Aligned Movement ( guest ), Organization of American States ( observer ), OIC ( observer ), OPCW, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Southeast European Cooperative Initiative, United Nations, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMEE, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO ( observer )

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.

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

Under the initiative, FAO contributed to the work of the UN High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Crisis, which produced the Comprehensive Framework for Action.

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

FAO helps countries prevent, mitigate, prepare for and respond to emergencies.

FAO focuses on strengthening capacity for disaster preparedness and ability to mitigate impact of emergencies on food security, by forecasting and providing early warning of adverse conditions, assessing needs and devising programmes which promote the transition from relief to reconstruction and development, improving analysis of underlying causes of crises, and strengthening local capacities to cope with risks.

During the 1990s, FAO took a leading role in the promotion of integrated pest management for rice production in Asia.

Like many of the programmes managed by FAO, the funds for Farmer Field Schools came from bilateral Trust Funds, with Australia, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland acting as the leading donors.

The Alliance was founded by the Rome based food agencies-the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ), UN World Food Programme ( WFP ), International Fund for Agriculture Fund for Development ( IFAD ),-and Bioversity International.

Each of FAO ’ s Goodwill Ambassadors – celebrities from the arts, entertainment, sport and academia such as Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi Montalcini, actress Gong Li, the late singer Miriam Makeba, and soccer players Roberto Baggio and Raúl, to name a few – has made a personal and professional commitment to FAO ’ s vision: a food-secure world for present and future generations.

Some countries may denote specific representatives to the FAO, for instance the United States Ambassador to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, who has ambassador rank and is also part of the United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome.

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