Protecting farmers’ access to land and natural resources
FAO’s Early Warning-Early Action programme mitigates the impacts of disasters
FAO safeguards sustainable livelihoods while conserving the Amazon
FAO enhances tilapia producers’ resilience to climate change to ensure productivity
Eradicated the deadly livestock viral disease, rinderpest
Created international standards, Codex Alimentarius, to ensure safe, good food for everyone
Eliminated human ‘river blindness’ in 11 West African countries
Maintains the world’s largest and most comprehensive statistical database on food and agriculture
Created and led adoption of the first ever binding international accord to combat illegal fishing, the Port State Measures Agreement
Produced globally-agreed upon guidelines on tenure rights to ensure equitable access to land, fisheries and forests
Helped halve the number of hungry in Latin America and the Caribbean
Promoted the Right to Food as a human right guaranteed in constitutions and frameworks of over 30 countries.
