What is FAO?

What is FAO?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

• founded in October 1945 as

World Secretariat for Agriculture

for Member Countries

• largest special agency within the UN system

• 192 members

• ~ 4 000 staff members

FAO’s members and partners

• 192 members (191 nations & the European Community)

• national counterparts: – Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock– Environment– Health, Planning etc.

• partners: – international conventions and bodies (OIE, CODEX, WHO, CBD, UNDP, WB, etc.)

– regional organizations (EC, SADC, UEMOA, MERCOSUR, etc.) – CGIAR/ARIs/NARs– NGOs/CSO (WVF, WAAP, etc.) – private sector (IDF, IMS, IPC, IFIF, IFAP, EFFAB, etc.)

FAO

4000 staff - 192 Members

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO

4000 staff - 192 Members

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

5 regional offices

FAO

4000 staff - 192 Members

10 sub-regional offices

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO

4000 staff - 192 Members

4 FAO/OIE Animal Health Offices

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO

4000 staff - 192 Members

5 liaison offices –

136 country offices

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO’s global goals

• reduction of the number of people suffering from hunger

• elimination of poverty, increased food productivity, enhanced rural development and sustainable livelihoods

• sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, for the benefit of present and future generations

FAO

• leads international efforts to defeat hunger• acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy

• is a source of knowledge and information• helps developing countries and countries in transition to modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practicesand ensure good nutrition for all

FAO’s core function

• monitor and assess trends in food security and agriculture, fisheries and forestry;

• generate, disseminate and apply information and knowledge, including statistics;

• negotiate international instruments; set norms, standards and voluntary guidelines,

• support the development of national legal instruments and promote their implementation;

• articulate policy and strategy options and advice;

• provide technical support and build capacity;

• advocate and communicate to mobilize political will;

• work in an integrated interdisciplinary and innovative approaches through strong partnerships and alliances.

FAO’s budget

• biennium 2008-2009 - US$ 1.8 billion

– technical work

– cooperation and partnerships including the Technical Cooperation Programme

– information and general policy

– direction & administration

• extra budgetary resources (48%)

FAO’s tasks

• putting information within reach

–knowledge network

–analyse and disseminate data that aid

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AGORA provides a collection of 1278 journals to institutions in 107 countries.

FAO’s tasks

• sharing policy expertise

– devising agricultural policy

– supporting planning

– drafting effective legislation

– creating national strategies

to achieve rural development and hunger alleviation goal

FAO’s tasks

• providing a meeting place for nations

– neutral forum

– FAO provides the setting where rich and poor nations can come together to build common

understanding

FAO’s tasks

• bringing knowledge to the field

– thousands of field projects throughout the world

– FAO mobilizes and manages millions of dollars provided by industrialized countries, development banks and other sources

– FAO provides the technical know-how and in a few cases is a limited source of funds

Technical Cooperation Programme

• since 1976, itprovides FAO members withspecialized assistanceto address priorityissues

• in 2007 - 1615 active field programme projects, of which 520 were emergency operations

more info: www.fao.org/tc/tcp

FAO’s organization

FAO is composed of eight departments:

• Agriculture and Consumer Protection; • Economic and Social Development; • Fisheries and Aquaculture; • Forestry; • Human, Financial and Physical Resources; • Knowledge and Communication; • Natural Resources Management and Environment and

• Technical Cooperation.

Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department

It’s composed of 5 Divisions

• Animal production and health

• FAO/IAEA Joint division for nuclear

techniques

• Nutrition and consumer protection

• Plant production and protection

• Rural infrastructure and agro-industries

Animal Production and Health Division

Themes of work:

• Animal Health • Human Health• Livelihoods• Income Generation• Genetic Resources • Environment

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Animal Production and Health Division

approach to programme design

animals and livelihoods

Social Equity (poverty alleviation)

SustainableNatural Resourcesanimals and land, water, air, biodiversity, ecology

VeterinaryPublicHealth

animal health in the wider context

Global Public

Global Public

Goods

Goods

Agriculture Production Service highlights

• Animal Genetic Resources• Animal nutrition and feeding• Animal welfare• Food and feed safety, support to CODEX and its implementation, capacity building

• Livestock Emergency Relief• Milk & dairy products/ meat and meat products • International Network for Family PoultryDevelopment

• Field Programme: e.g. poultry (Afghanistan), dairy (Mongolia, Afghanistan)

Collaboration with the private sector representatives

• International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF)• International Dairy Federation (IDF)• International Meat Secretariat (IMS)• International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH)• International Federation of AgriculturalProducers (IFAP)

• Safe Supply of Affordable Food Everywhere –SSAFE Initiative

• International Poultry Council (IPC)• European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders (EFFAB)

Collaboration with the NGOs

• World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)

• Compassion on World Farming (CIWF)• the Brooke• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)

• Humane Society International (HIS)• League for Pastoral People and Endogenous Livestock Development

• Heifer International• Oxfam/Novib

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IDF/FAO/EC Joint Animal Health andWelfare Conference (within the WorldDairy Summit 2009)

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