FAO
          FAO
   Achieving food security for all is at 
   Achieving food security for all is at 
      the heart of FAO's work
      the heart of FAO's work
   FAO's mandate is to raise levels of 
   FAO's mandate is to raise levels of 
     nutrition, improve agricultural 
     nutrition, improve agricultural 
   productivity, better the lives of rural 
   productivity, better the lives of rural 
    populations and contribute to the 
    populations and contribute to the 
     growth of the world economy.
     growth of the world economy.
      FAO in Action
      FAO in Action
  Putting information within reach 
  Putting information within reach 
  Sharing policy expertise 
  Sharing policy expertise 
  Providing a meeting place for 
  Providing a meeting place for 
  nations 
  nations 
  Bringing knowledge to the field 
  Bringing knowledge to the field 
          “Hunger and 
          “Hunger and 
       malnutrition are 
       malnutrition are 
    unacceptable in a 
    unacceptable in a 
   world that has both 
   world that has both 
   the knowledge and 
   the knowledge and 
     resources to end 
     resources to end 
            this human 
            this human 
          catastrophe”
          catastrophe”
                International Conference on Nutrition, 1992
          Promises
          Promises
     Reduce the number of people hungry
     Reduce the number of people hungry
        by half by 2015 - WFS 
        by half by 2015 - WFS 
    Reduce the proportion of people hungry
    Reduce the proportion of people hungry
        by half by 2015 - MDG1
        by half by 2015 - MDG1
 Progress
 Progress