FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION FAO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION FAO AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGION AFRICA REGION ASIA REGION CARIBBEAN REGION EUROPE REGION CENTRAL AMERICA REGION MIDDLE EAST REGION NORTH AMERICA REGION OCEANIA REGION SOUTH AMERICA GLOBAL RELATIONS ESTABLISHED 1945 PURPOSE TO RAISE THE LIVING STANDARDS OF RURAL POPULATIONS AND TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MEMBERS AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA ANDORRA ANGOLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN THE BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BHUTAN BOLIVIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BRUNEI BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURMA MYANMAR BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CAPE VERDE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA COMOROS CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO REPUBLIC OF THE COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA CUBA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK DJIBOUTI DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FIJI FINLAND FRANCE GABON THE GAMBIA GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GREECE GRENADA GUATEMALA GUINEA GUINEA BISSAU GUYANA HAITI HONDURAS HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAOS LATVIA LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALI MALTA MARSHALL ISLANDS MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MEXICO MICRONESIA FEDERATED STATES OF MOLDOVA MONACO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA NORTH KOREA NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PANAMA PAPUA NEW GUINEA PALAU PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL QATAR ROMANIA RUSSIA RWANDA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SAN MARINO SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SURINAME SWAZILAND SWEDEN SYRIA TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA THAILAND TOGO TONGA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VANUATU VENEZUELA VIETNAM WESTERN SAMOA YEMEN YUGOSLAVIA SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE NOTE THE FAO IS A UNITED NATIONS SPECIALIZED AGENCY