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The Prime Minister of India has released commemorative coins of Rs 75 denomination to mark the 75th Anniversary of FAO today through video conferencing.
About the Food and Agriculture Organization
- It was established in the year 1945
- The idea of an international organization for food and agriculture(later its functions were transferred to FAO) emerged in the late 19th and early 20th century, advanced primarily by Polish-born American agriculturalist and activist David Lubin
- FAO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
- Goal of FAO is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.
- The FAO Headquarters is located in the city centre of Rome
- Member states: 194
- Regional offices
- Regional Office for Africa, in Accra, Ghana
- Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in Bangkok, Thailand
- Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, in Budapest, Hungary
- Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in Santiago, Chile
- Regional Office for the Near East, in Cairo, Egypt
Important timeline
- 1946- FAO conducted first-world food survey
- 1952- Second World Food Survey, International Plant Protection Convention and The Desert Locust Programme
- 1957- world seed campaign
- 1958- UN Special Fund
- 1961- FAO and UNESCO Soil map, Freedom Hunger Campaign and Fertilizer programme
- 1963- World Food Programme is born, Third World Food Survey and World Food Congress
- 1966- World land reform conference
- 1970- Second world food congress and Indicative world plan for agricultural development
- 1974- World food conference and Committee on world food security
- 1977- Fourth world food survey and Global information and early warning
- 1979-World Conference on Agrarian reform and World Food Day
- 1982- International seed information system
- 1984- World conference on fisheries
- 1985-Fifth world food survey and World food security compact
- 1986- Launch of FAOSTAT
- 1992- World declaration and plan of action on nutrition
- 1994- Special programme for food security
- 1995- Code of conduct for responsible fisheries
- 1996-World Food summit and Rome declaration on world food security
- 2001- International treaty on plant genetic resources for food
- 2002- World food summit
- 2004- Right to food guidelines
- 2009- World summit on food security
- 2014- Blue growth initiative for the seas, Second international conference on nutrition and Global soil partnership
- 2015- International year for soil
- 2016- International year of pulses
- 2018- World bee day
- 2019- World pulse day, Launch of the FAO framework for the urban food agenda and UN decade of family farming
- 2020- International year of plant health
Source: PIB & FAO
