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
• FAO was established on 16 October, 1945 in Quebec city,
Canada.
• In 1951, its headquarters were moved from Washington, DC
United states, Rome, Italy.
• The agency is directed by the Conference of Member Nations,
which meets every 2 years to review the work carried out by
the organization and to approve a programme of work and
budget for the next 2 year period.

4. ❖The conference elects a council of 49 member states
that acts as an governing body, and the Director
General that heads the agency.
❖Beginning in 1994, FAO underwent the most significant
restructuring since its founding, to decentralize
operations, streamline procedures and reduce costs.

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
The departments of FAO is composed of 8 departments :
1. Administration and Finance
2. Agriculture and Consumer Protection
3. Economic and social development
4. Fisheries and Aquaculture.
5. Forestry
6. Knowledge and communication
7. Natural resource management
8. Technical cooperation.

8. PROGRAMMES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

14. ❑The summit concluded with the signing of the Rome
declaration, which established the goal of halving the
number of people who suffer from hunger by the year
2015.
❑At the same time, 1200 civil society organizations from
80 countries participated in an NGO forum.
❑The forum was critical of the growing industrialization
of agriculture and called upon Governments and FAO
to do more to protect the ‘Right to food’ of the poor.

15. • THE RIGHT TO FOOD guideline:
❑ In 2004 the right to food guidelines was adopted, offering
guidance to states on how to implement their obligations on
the right to food
▪ INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT:
❑ During the 1990s, FAO took a leading role in the promotion of
integrated pest management for rice production in Asia.
❑ Hundreds of thousands of farmers were trained using an
approach known as the Farmer Field School (FFS).

16. ❑ The funds for Farmer Field Schools came from
bilateral Trust Funds, with Australia, Netherlands,
Norway and Switzerland acting as the leading donor.
❑ FAO efforts in this area have drawn praise from NGOs
that have otherwise criticized much of the work of the
organization.

17. • INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE:
❑FAO’S technical cooperation department hosts an
investment Centre that promotes greater investment in
agriculture and rural development by helping developing
countries
❑Formulate sustainable agricultural policies, programmes
and projects.
❑It mobilizes funding from multilateral institution such as
World Bank, regional development banks and international
fund as well as FAO resources.

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.