Food and Agriculture Organization

E2681

intergovernmental organization international organization specialized agency of the United Nations

The Food and Agriculture Organization is a United Nations specialized agency that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve food security, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture worldwide.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	198
Food and Agriculture Organization canonical	27
FAO	24
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division	2
FAO headquarters, Rome	2
FAO Forestry Division	1
FAO Statistics Division	1
FAO fisheries and aquaculture statistics	1
FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy	1
FAOSTAT	1
FAOSTAT database	1
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Egypt	1
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rwanda	1
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Uganda	1
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in South Sudan	1
Food and Agriculture Organization offices	1
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17157 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Food and Agriculture Organization
Context triple: [United Nations, hasSpecializedAgency, Food and Agriculture Organization]

A. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center is a global agricultural research organization that develops improved maize and wheat varieties to enhance food security and sustainable farming, notably associated with Green Revolution pioneer Norman Borlaug.
B. United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s global development agency that works to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and support sustainable development in countries worldwide.
C. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
D. World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization is an international body that regulates global trade rules between nations, aiming to ensure trade flows smoothly, predictably, and freely.
E. World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Food and Agriculture Organization
Target entity description: The Food and Agriculture Organization is a United Nations specialized agency that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve food security, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture worldwide.

A. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center is a global agricultural research organization that develops improved maize and wheat varieties to enhance food security and sustainable farming, notably associated with Green Revolution pioneer Norman Borlaug.
B. United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s global development agency that works to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and support sustainable development in countries worldwide.
C. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
D. World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization is an international body that regulates global trade rules between nations, aiming to ensure trade flows smoothly, predictably, and freely.
E. World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization ⓘ international organization ⓘ specialized agency of the United Nations ⓘ
abbreviation	FAO ⓘ linked to: Food and Agriculture Organization
continentHeadquarters	Europe ⓘ
cooperatesWith	International Fund for Agricultural Development ⓘ United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ World Bank ⓘ World Food Programme ⓘ World Health Organization ⓘ
coordinatorOf	Committee on World Food Security ⓘ
countryHeadquarters	Italy ⓘ
executiveHead	Director-General of FAO ⓘ
fieldOfWork	agriculture ⓘ fisheries ⓘ food security ⓘ forestry ⓘ natural resource management ⓘ nutrition ⓘ rural development ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ
formationDate	1945-10-16 ⓘ
foundingLocation	Canada ⓘ Quebec City ⓘ
foundingYear	1945 ⓘ
fullName	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ⓘ linked to: Food and Agriculture Organization
governingBody	FAO Conference ⓘ FAO Council ⓘ
hasMemberType	associate members ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Italy ⓘ Rome ⓘ
maintainsDatabase	FAOSTAT ⓘ linked to: Food and Agriculture Organization
membershipType	member states ⓘ
mission	defeat hunger ⓘ improve food security ⓘ improve nutrition ⓘ promote sustainable agriculture ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations ⓘ
predecessor	International Institute of Agriculture ⓘ
publishes	FAOSTAT database ⓘ linked to: Food and Agriculture Organization State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World ⓘ State of the World’s Forests ⓘ The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture ⓘ
regionServed	worldwide ⓘ
scope	global ⓘ
shortName	FAO ⓘ linked to: Food and Agriculture Organization
typeOfProgram	capacity development ⓘ emergency response ⓘ knowledge sharing ⓘ policy advice ⓘ technical assistance ⓘ
worksOn	agricultural statistics ⓘ animal health ⓘ climate-smart agriculture ⓘ fisheries management ⓘ food loss and waste reduction ⓘ forest management ⓘ plant protection ⓘ rural poverty reduction ⓘ

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Referenced by (265)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations → hasSpecializedAgency → Food and Agriculture Organization ⓘ

United Nations Economic and Social Council → coordinatesWith → Food and Agriculture Organization ⓘ

Food and Agriculture Organization → shortName → FAO ⓘ