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CategorySpecialized Agencies
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HQ locationRome
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Date established1945
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ResolutionGA Resolution 50(I)
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Joined CEB14 December 1946
The aim of the Food and Agriculture Organization, as defined in its Constitution, is to: raise levels of nutrition and standards of living; secure improvements in food production and distribution; better the conditions of rural people and; contribute toward an expanding world economy and ensure freedom from hunger.