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Rome 00010
Telephone: (+39) 06 57051
Cable address: FOODAGRI ROME
Fax: (+39) 06 570 53152
Contact:Mr Parvis Koohafkan,
Director, Rural Development Division, SDA
Mr Paul Mathieu
Web site: www.fao.org

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy.
Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts - to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.

FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people.

Member of the International Land Coalition 2003
Member of the Coalition Council 2003-05; 2005-07

FAO working papers on Improving Tenure Security for the Poor in Africa

Common Property Study

Land and Conflict

Community Empowerment Facility - Member of Project Advisory Committee (PAC)

BELTS, Basic Elements of Land Tenure Systems

Women's Access

Joint Publication (FAO/IFAD/ILC) - Rural Women's Access to Land and Property in Selected Countires - Progress Towards Achieving the Aims of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

FAO's mandate is to raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy.

FAO's activities comprise four main areas:

Putting information within reach.
Sharing policy expertise.
Providing a meeting place for nations.
Bringing knowledge to the field.

One of FAO's primary roles is providing information on agriculture.