FAO

1. Food and Agriculture Organization.

FAO

abbreviation for

1. Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)
2. for the attention of

Example Sentences

The FAO says that escalating civil insecurity and conflict in northern Nigeria are disrupting agricultural activities and markets, with the high cost of inputs like seeds and fertilizer constraining agricultural activity.

From Salon

Climate change is second only to conflict in having the greatest impact on global hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, according to the FAO.

From Salon

They got tickets to the Rockette's Christmas Show and planned to take me to fancy dinners, along with a trip to the glorious old school FAO Schwarz, which has since moved.

From Salon

“Considering the significant existing differences in agricultural productivity and wages between women and men, the study suggests that if not addressed, climate change will greatly widen these gaps in the years ahead,” FAO said.

From Seattle Times

The FAO official presented more alarming figures from Israel’s offensive — a high number of animal shelters and sheep and dairy farms destroyed, over one-quarter of water wells destroyed, and 339 hectares of greenhouses destroyed.

From Seattle Times