List of INGOs with Formal Status
31/12/2020
List of INGOs with Formal Status
as of December 2025
| International Non-Governmental Organizations with FAO Formal Status |
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| Consultative Status |
| 1. ACWW Associated Country Women of the World |
| 2. CI Caritas Internationalis |
| 3. ICA International Cooperative Alliance |
| 4. ICC International Chamber of Commerce |
| 5. ICW International Council of Women |
| 6. IFRCRCS International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| 7. IUF International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco & Allied Workers Associations (ex-IFPAAW) |
| 8. WFTU World Federation of Trade Unions |
| 9. WUCWO World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations |
| Specialized Consultative Status |
| 1. ACF Action Contre la Faim International |
| 2. AOAC Association of Official Analytical Chemists |
| 3. APIMONDIA International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations |
| 4. BROOKE Brooke - Action for Working Horses and Donkeys |
| 5. CEDR European Council for Rural Law |
| 6. CI Consumers International (ex-IOCU) |
| 7. CIAA Confederation of Food and Drink Industries of the EEC |
| 8. CIGR International Commission of Agricultural Engineering |
| 9. CIPAC Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council |
| 10. CLI CropLife International (ex-GCPF & ex-GIFAP) |
| 11. EAAP European Association for Animal Production |
| 12. ETC Group Action Group on Erosion, Technology & Concentration (ex-RAFI) |
| 13. GAFTA Grain and Feed Trade Association |
| 14. IAAE International Association of Agricultural Economists |
| 15. IAALD International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists |
| 16. ICAR International Committee for Animal Recording |
| 17. ICID International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage |
| 18. ICIMOD International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development |
| 19. ICSU International Council for Science |
| 20. IDF International Dairy Federation |
| 21. IFFO Marine Ingredients Organisation (ex-International Fishmeal & Fish Oil organization & ex-IFOMA) |
| 22. IFHE International Federation for Home Economics |
| 23. IFMA International Federation of Margarine Associations |
| 24. IFS International Foundation for Science |
| 25. ILSI International Life Sciences Institute |
| 26. IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union |
| 27. ISC International Society of Citriculture |
| 28. ISF International Seed Federation |
| 29. ISO International Organization for Standardisation |
| 30. IUCN World Conservation Union |
| 31. IUFOST International Union of Food Science and Technology |
| 32. IUFRO International Union of Forestry Research Organizations |
| 33. IUNS International Union of Nutritional Sciences |
| 34. IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| 35. IUSS International Union of Soil Science (ex-ISSS) |
| 36. MIJARC International Movements of Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth |
| 37. SAVE Safeguard for Agricultural Varieties in Europe / Sauveguard pour l’Agriculture des Variétés d’Europe |
| 38. UIS-TAACT Trade Unions International of Workers in Agriculture, Food, Commerce, Textiles and Allied Industries (exTUIFPHAI or TUIAFCTW) |
| 39. WAAP World Association for Animal Production |
| 40. WILPF Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom |
| 41. WOCCU World Council of Credit Unions |
| 42. WPSA World’s Poultry Science Association |
| 43. WVA World Veterinary Association |
| Liaison Status |
| 1. AAI ActionAid International |
| 2. AFRACA African Regional Agricultural Credit Association |
| 3. AFS American Fisheries Society |
| 4. ALIDE Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions |
| 5. ANGOC Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development |
| 6. AOCS American Oil Chemists' Society |
| 7. APRACA Asia Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association |
| 8. IBPW International Federation of Business and Professional Women |
| 9. CEFS European Committee of Sugar Manufacturers |
| 10. CFCS Caribbean Food Crops Society |
| 11. CIC International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation |
| 12. CICA International Confederation for Agricultural Credit |
| 13. CIDSE International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity |
| 14. CLAM Liaison Committee of Mediterranean Citrus Fruit Culture |
| 15. Compassion in World Farming |
| 16. EFLA European Food Law Association |
| 17. EFMA European Fertilizer Manufacturers' Association |
| 18. ELCI ELC International |
| 19. ETC European Tea Committee |
| 20. EUCARPIA European Association for Research on Plant Breeding |
| 21. FEAP Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (ex-FES) |
| 22. FHI Food for the Hungry International |
| 23. FPSC Fundación Promoción Social de la Cultura |
| 24. GAA Global Aquaculture Alliance Inc. |
| 25. GREENPEACE Greenpeace International |
| 26. HPI Heifer Project International |
| 27. HSI Humane Society International |
| 28. IAAS International Association for Students in Agriculture and related Sciences |
| 29. IAW International Alliance of Women |
| 30. IAWL International Association for Water law |
| 31. ICCM International Council of Catholic Men |
| 32. ICFPA International Council of Forest and Paper Association |
| 33. ICRA International Catholic Rural Association |
| 34. ICSF International Collective in Support of Fishworkers |
| 35. IEC International Egg Commission |
| 36. IETS International Embryo Transfer Society |
| 37. IFA International Fertilizer Industry Association |
| 38. IFAH International Federation for Animal Health |
| 39. IFJU International Federation of Fruit Juice Producers |
| 40. IFOAM International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements |
| 41. IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute |
| 42. IFWLC International Federation of Women in Legal Careers |
| 43. IIASA International Institute for Applied System Analysis |
| 44. IIJM International Jacques Maritain Institute |
| 45. IMPHOS World Phosphate Institute |
| 46. IMS International Meat Secretariat |
| 47. IOBC International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals |
| 48. IPS International Peat Society |
| 49. IRU International Raiffeisen Union |
| 50. ISHS International Society for Horticultural Science |
| 51. ISPP International Society for Plant Pathology |
| 52. ITC International Tea Committee |
| 53. NACEE Network of Aquaculture Centres in Central and Eastern Europe |
| 54. Practical Action (ex-ITDG Intermediate Technology Development Group) |
| 55. ITTTA International Technical Tropical Timber Association |
| 56. IUBS International Union of Biological Sciences |
| 57. IUMS International Union of Microbiological Societies |
| 58. IUSY International Union of Socialist Youth |
| 59. IWTO International Wool Textile Organisation |
| 60. NATURA Network of European Agricultural (Tropically and Subtropically Oriented) Universities and Scientific Complexes Related with Agricultural Development |
| 61. NENARACA Near East-North Africa Regional Agricultural Credit Association |
| 62. PAN Pesticide Action Network |
| 63. PFCS The Plunkett Foundation for Co-operative Studies, |
| 64. RI Rotary International |
| 65. SI Soroptimist International |
| 66. SID Society for International Development |
| 67. SLOWFOOD International Slow Food Movement |
| 68. UINL International Union of Latin Notaries |
| 69. URGENCI Réseau International URGENCI |
| 70. WAGGGS World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts |
| 71. WAP World Animal Protection (ex-WSPA World Society for the Protection of Animals) |
| 72. WHAT World Humanity Action Trust (merged into Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future) |
| 73. WOSM World Organization of the Scout Movement |
| 74. WRF World Rural Forum |
| 75. WSBI World Savings Banks Institute |
| 76. WSRO World Sugar Research Organization |