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9)Some sort of Republic of Inhospitality

India Republic Day -- Since India celebrates Republic Day and the chests of numerous Indians swell with pride at the thought of our huge diversity and imagined armed service prowess it is well to be able to reflect on what kind of Republic the actual has become. A republican type of government is not merely one in which the head of express is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic puts on the idea that sovereignty resides in the people and that the will of the people as expressed through their very own representatives is supreme. Exactly what has however been essential to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion involving inclusiveness. In this respect the reports that have been coming out of India lately tell a tale that is relaxing to the bones a tale which often leaves behind a stench that no amount of sloganeering regarding Swachh Bharat or even anything more than a symbolic wielding from the broom can eradicate. In the event inclusiveness is the touchst...
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The idea of an international organization for food and agriculture emerged in the late 19th and early 20th century, advanced primarily by Polish-born American agriculturalist and activist David Lubin. In May–June 1905, an international conference was held in Rome, Italy, which led to the creation of the International Institute of Agriculture (IIA) by the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III. The IIA was the first intergovernmental organization to deal with the problems and challenges of agriculture on a global scale. It worked primarily to collect, compile, and publish data on agriculture, ranging from output statistics to a catalog of crop diseases. Among its achievements was the publication of the first agricultural census in 1930. World War II effectively ended the IIA. During the war, in 1943, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt called a United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture, which brought representatives from forty-four governments to The Omni Homestead Resort ...
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Structure and finance

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This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  "Food and Agriculture Organization" – news  · newspapers  · books  · scholar  · JSTOR ( October 2017 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) In 1951, the FAO's headquarters were moved from Washington, D.C., United States, to Rome, Italy. The agency is directed by the Conference of Member Nations, which meets every two years to review the work carried out by the organization and to Work and Budget for the next two-year period. The Conference elects a council of 49 member states (serve three-year rotating terms) that acts as an interim governing body, and the Director-General, who heads the agency. The FAO is composed of eight departments: Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water Department, Economic and Social Development, ...
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Offices

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FAO headquarters edit The world headquarters are located in Rome, in the former seat of the Department of Italian East Africa. One of the most notable features of the building was the Axum Obelisk which stood in front of the agency seat, although just outside the territory allocated to FAO by the Italian Government. It was taken from Ethiopia by Benito Mussolini's troops in 1937 as a war chest, and returned on 18 April 2005. Regional offices edit Regional Office for Africa, in Accra, Ghana Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in Bangkok, Thailand Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, in Budapest, Hungary Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in Santiago, Chile Regional Office for the Near East, in Cairo, Egypt Sub-regional offices edit Sub-regional Office for Central Africa (SFC), in Libreville, Gabon Sub-regional Office for Central Asia, in Ankara, Turkey Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa (SFE), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sub-regional Office fo...
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Priority work areas

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FAO has outlined the following priorities in its fight against hunger. Help eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition – contribute to the eradication of hunger by facilitating policies and political commitments to support food security and by making sure that up-to-date information about hunger and nutrition challenges and solutions is available and accessible. Make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable – promote evidence-based policies and practices to support highly productive agricultural sectors (crops, livestock, forestry and fisheries), while ensuring that the natural resource base does not suffer in the process. Reduce rural poverty – help the rural poor gain access to the resources and services they need – including rural employment and social protection – to forge a path out of poverty. Enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems – help to build safe and efficient food systems that support smallholder agriculture and r...
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Programmes and achievements

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Food edit Codex Alimentarius edit FAO and the World Health Organization created the Codex Alimentarius Commission in 1961 to develop food standards, guidelines and texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/ WHO Food Standards Programme. The main aims of the programme are protecting consumer health, ensuring fair trade and promoting co-ordination of all food standards work undertaken by intergovernmental and non-governmental organization. World Food Summit edit In 1996, FAO organized the World Food Summit, attended by 112 Heads or Deputy Heads of State and Government. The Summit concluded with the signing of the Rome Declaration, which established the goal of halving the number of people who suffer from hunger by the year 2015. At the same time, 1,200 civil society organizations (CSOs) from 80 countries participated in an NGO forum. The forum was critical of the growing industrialization of agriculture and called upon governments – and FAO – to do more to protect the 'Righ...
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Flagship publications

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Every year, FAO publishes a number of major ‘State of the World’ reports related to food, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and natural resources. The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets The State of Food and Agriculture The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World The State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture The State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources The State of the World’s Forests The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture The State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture Status of the World’s Soil Resources
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