Food and Agriculture Organization: mandate and governance
- FAO coordinates international efforts towards food security
- FAO supplies technical expertise across agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development
- FAO expertise, WFP food assistance and IFAD rural finance have complementary roles
- The FAO Conference sets policy and approves the budget
- The FAO Conference controls amendments to the Constitution and General Rules
- The FAO Council acts as the Conference’s executive arm between sessions
- The FAO Conference elects Council members with staggered terms
- The FAO Conference elects the Director-General and the Council’s Independent Chairperson