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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

an international agency of the UNITED NATIONS, established in 1945. Its primary objective is to improve agricultural productivity and hence the nutritional standards of agrarian countries throughout the world. It achieves this objective through undertaking research on all aspects of farming, fishing and forestry, and by offering technical assistance to those countries that require it. In addition, the FAO continually surveys world agricultural conditions, collects and issues statistics on human nutritional requirements and statistics on farming, fishing, forestry and related topics.

See AGRICULTURAL POLICY.

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[6.] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Food quality and safety systems: a training manual on food hygiene and the hazard analysis critical control point system.

Developing and maintaining national food safety control systems: experiences from the WHO African region

Highly pathogenic avian influenza is among the transboundary animal diseases, which are a major concern for international organizations involved in disease surveillance and control, namely OIE and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (5).

OFFLU network on avian influenza

Summary: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations launched Monday a honey production project in the Keserwan district.

FAO launches Keserwan honey production project

However, in 2003 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, WHO, and the World Organisation for Animal Health jointly hosted a workshop with a panel of experts to scientifically assess resistance risks related to nonhuman use of antimicrobial drugs (9).

Resistant Salmonella Virchow in quail products

International funding agency members include the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank Group.

Development Gateway Foundation

The Africa Stockpiles Project is an initiative of the World Wildlife Fund and Pesticide Action Network UK that is now being developed by a strategic partnership consisting of African regional organizations (the African Union, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank, and Pesticide Action Network Africa), United Nations agencies (the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Secretariat of the Basel Convention), the World Bank, and the industry association CropLife International.

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And as Cahoon puts it, the current intellectual property right laws "were designed for individuals inventing gadgets in their garages, not for the wide variety of groups that are involved in bioprospecting property rights." The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research are two groups working to develop new standards and mechanisms to guide future international law and practices in the area of bioprospecting.