What are the functions of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)?

One of the organizations contributing to the cause and
aiding in the achievement of the objectives outlined by the United Nations is the Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Below are two of the major functions of the
FAO:

1. Promote feasible farming
techniques. This means that the FAO provides farmers in countries where
the United Nations operates with information to reduce environmental degradation while
farming, improve agricultural farming methods, and increase crop production and yields
for the long-term sustainability of food production and increased food security levels
in these countries.

2. Reduce malnutrition in
a community. Moreover, the FAO may encourage farming in the areas where
it is less practiced in the hope of reducing the dependency of persons living in these
areas on food supplies donated by the United Nations. This is intended to foster
self-reliance among community member so they provide for themselves and their families
more nutritious food so as to lessen the incidents of malnutrition in their community.