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The Fao ( Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations

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The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) carries one

main effort, which is to achieve food security for everyone around the world. Their goals include

the elimination of hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition, and poverty. Not only do they want to

focus on food and agriculture, but they also want to drive forward the economic and social

progress for all. In essence, they strive to create sustainability and resilience. Sustainability is a

development that meets the needs of the present but does not take away the capability of meeting

the needs of future generations. Resilience is the ability of people, many in communities that are

confronted by disasters, to withstand damage and undergo rapid recovery. The FAO seeks to

create sustainability and resilience to improve our world for the present times, which will

positively affect the future times. The FAO has been helping people since it was founded in

1945. Today, the FAO still help people, like the ones in Haiti that were just devastated by

Hurricane Matthew. 800,000 people faced a lack of food security, and the FAO took actions

immediately along with other food and health organizations. This instance is a perfect example

that food security is an international problem. Not only do people face it in poor countries like

Haiti, but even the United States faces food insecurity. In 2014, and estimated 14% of household

owners faced food insecurity. Recently, on September 7, 2016, the USDA

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