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The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) is a 1951 multilateral treaty overseen by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization that aims to secure coordinated, effective action to prevent and to control the introduction and spread of pests of plants and plant products. The Convention extends beyond the protection of ...
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 first prototype was built in 1951 and production began. 10.508 were produced until 1958 and Egypt received 700 of them. [2] Some were modified in 1959 to use a 7.62×51mm NATO 50-round belt loaded in a drum. [3] This modified variant, sometimes used on a tripod, was known as the FAO Model 59. [1]
The Food and Agricultulture Organization (FAO) invited the PRC to become a member state in November 1971 as Taiwan (at the time representing China) withdrew from the FAO in 1951. [17] The PRC eventually assumed its seat in 1973. [18]
During his tenure, he represented Pakistan at General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) meetings and was chairman of GATT in 1951. [ 3 ] Hasnie later served as Secretary of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and was actively involved with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) from 1952, serving as Independent Chairman of the FAO ...
The Food and Agriculture Organization is one of several UN agencies producing publications and other text available under an open license that can be copied into Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia project page view statistics: Open license text: English Wikipedia articles using open license text from FAO
Text taken from World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 Volume 1 – Programme, concepts and definitions , FAO, FAO. This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (license statement/permission). Text taken from 2000 World Census of Agriculture – Methodological Review , FAO, FAO.
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