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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates to "let there be bread". It was founded on 16 October 1945.
The FAO is composed of 195 members (including 194 countries and the European Union). It is headquartered in Rome, Italy, and maintains regional and field offices around the world, operating in over 130 countries. It helps governments and development agencies coordinate their activities to improve and develop agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and water resources. It also conducts research, provides technical assistance to projects, operates educational and training programs, and collects data on agricultural output, production, and development.
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Depicts four ancient figures of fisherman carried fishes, laborers and industrial production above their machine, two oxen in the front of two men collecting wheat, a man carried a sheep, in the middle of them a palm tree with dates and inscription "Food for All" right and FAO left. FAO |
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The tughra "Arab Republic of Egypt" divides dates (Hegira and Gregorian), denomination right above, and the inscription "Golden Jubilee of the FAO" above. "FAO's 50th Anniversary", the logo of FAO (with its Latin motto "fiat panis", translates to "let there be bread") and dates below. العيد الذهبى لمنظمة فاو |
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
50th Anniversary of the FAO
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
50th Anniversary of the FAO
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