FAO - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION -Power Point Presentation

FAO - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION -Power Point Presentation

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  FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMPILEDBY- Mr. Ashish Roy (Nursing Tutor)
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  INTRODUCTION OF FAO  Food& Agricultural Organization (FAO) was the first specialized agency of UN established after II world war in 1945 in Quebec, Canada which subsequently moved in to Rome
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  FORMAT ION  On 16thOctober 1945, in Quebec City, Canada.  It is a type of Specialized Agency.  HEAD QUATERS-ROME Palazzo FAO, Rome, Italy
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   UN Economicand Social Council  The Website of FAO is : www.fao.org  Is an agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.  Serves both developed and developing countries. PARENT ORGANIZATION
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   The RegionalOffices Region Place Africa Accra, Ghana Asia Bangkok, Thailand Europe & Central Asia Budapest, Hungary Latin America Carribean, Santiago Near East Cairo, Egypt REGIONAL OFFICES
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   The ideaof an international organization for food and agriculture emerged in the late 19th and early 20th century, advanced primarily by the US agriculturalist and activist David Lubin  In May–June 1905, an international conference was held in Rome, Italy, which led to the creation of the International Institute of Agriculture  Later in 1943, the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt called a United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture.  Representatives from forty four governments gathered at The Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Virginia from 18 May to 3 June  They committed themselves to founding a permanent organization for food and agriculture, which happened in Quebec City, Canada on 16 October 1945 with the conclusion of the Constitution of the Food and Agriculture Organization. HISTORY OF FAO
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  The First Sessionof the FAO Conference was held in the Chateau Frontenac at Quebec, Canada, from 16 October to 1 November 1945 MOTTO Its Latin motto, fiat pani, translates as "let there be bread". MEMBERS As of 8 August 2013, FAO has 194 member states, along with the European Union (a "member organization"), and the Faroe Islands and Tokelau, which are associate members. STRUCTURE FAO is composed of seven departments: Administration and Finance, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Economic and Social Development, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Forestry, Natural Resource Management and Environment, and Technical Cooperation.
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  STRUCTURE HEAD QUATERS REGIONALOFFICES SUB REGIONAL OFFICES BUDGET  FAO's Regular Programme budget is funded by its members, through contributions set at the FAO Conference.  DIRECTOR GENERALS No GENERAL COUNTRY PERIOD 1 José Graziano da Silva Brazil January 2012 – July 2019 2 Jacques Diouf Senegal January 1994 – December 2011 3 Edouard Saouma Lebanon January 1976 – December 1993 4 Addeke Hendrik Boerma Netherlands January 1968 – December 1975 5 Binay Ranjan Sen India November 1956 – December 1967  José Graziano da Silva
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  ACTIVITIES  FAO actsas 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.
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  PRIORITY WORK AREAS Help eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition.  Make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable.
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  THANKYOU SO MUCHFOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION…!!!