Fao (Noun)
Meaning
The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, commonly referred to as FAO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
- The FAO is headquartered in Rome, Italy, and has 194 member states, along with one member organization, the European Union.
- The FAO works to address the root causes of hunger and malnutrition, and to support the development of sustainable agriculture and food systems.
- The FAO also provides technical assistance to countries to help them improve their agricultural productivity and food security.
- The FAO's World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide.