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10/11/2009-- Improved coverage of rural poverty and environmental issues through collaboration with IFAD and WRI

The FAO Country Profiles expands its coverage providing direct access to partner organizations country profiles in the areas of agriculture, natural resources and fight against hunger and rural poverty.

The Rural Poverty Country Profiles, produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), are now available in the General Information, Economic Situation and Food security and Safety sections of the FAO Country Profiles.

In addition, various thematic profiles produced by EarthTrends of the World Resources Institute (WRI) have been linked in relevant sections of the FAO country profiles. [more...]

6/10/2009-- Volunteer in the FAO Country Profiles team

8/9/2009-- Discover the data sources that make up the FAO Country Profiles site

10/8/2009-- Learn about the updated geopolitical ontology and the new module maker service

Highlights

1 Billion Hungry
Petition to END HUNGER

World Summit on Food Security
[Rome, 16-18 Nov 2009]

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2009

Hunger at a glance

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The Food and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations and its 192 members highlight information as one of the priority areas in fighting hunger and achieving food security. The FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System is a pioneering information retrieval tool which groups the organization's vast archive of information on its global activities in agriculture and development in a single area and catalogues it exclusively by country. [more...]

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