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FAO

FAO

5 4.1
An international organization that works to stop hunger and improve farming in many countries
  • noun
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  • The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) have each offered interpretations of the term SMF.
  • FAO Organization
  • FAO Agriculture Organization
  • FAO Food

Examples

  • According to the WFP and FAO, the food insecure in Gaza are an alarming 61 percent.

    Blog text (4)

  • In 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially declared rinderpest eradicated.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Run it by the FAO.

    Apollo 13 (1995)

  • The agreement was adopted by the FAO Conference in 2009.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Recent information is based on FAO data, as most of the national literature is published in Japanese.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Their objective was to identify the role that the FAO should have in supporting a science developing such an estimate.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Appeals for food have been made by governments and the FAO, with 1 to 1.5 million tons needed immediately.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Finally, on June 28, 2011, the 192 member states attending the FAO Conference adopted a resolution officially declaring global freedom from rinderpest.

    Academic text (2013)

  • On average, yields on irrigated land are approximately three times the yields on rainfed lands (FAO 1996e, 1997a).

    Academic text (1998)

  • The Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO, works to alleviate hunger and improve nourishment globally.

Synonyms

Food and Agriculture Organization
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  • Formal
1 3.2

A United Nations agency that works to reduce hunger and improve farming worldwide

was established by the United Nations to improve food security and agricultural standards
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
vsFAO
  • Formal
1 3.9

A United Nations group that works to end hunger and help farming and food supply worldwide

emphasizes its UN-established mission to improve food security and agricultural standards rather than lead operations

Surface Forms

FAO singular
FAOs plural

Morphology

FAO = F + A + O

FAO is an initialism (letters stand for a multiword name); the letters themselves do not convey the organisation's meaning to learners, so the form is not morphologically informative.

Etymology

FAO is a short name made from the first letters of Food and Agriculture Organization. It was set up by the United Nations to help with 'food' and 'farming' around the world, so FAO is the UN agency that works to improve food security and farming.