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FAO - definition of FAO in Encyclopedia (184 words) |
 | Headquartered in Rome, Italy, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations programs seek to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living; to improve the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of food and agricultural products; to promote rural development; and, by these means, to eliminate hunger. |
 | FAO's efforts to eliminate the Mediterranean fruit fly from the Caribbean Basin benefit the U.S. citrus industry. |
 | The FAO was founded in 1945 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. |
| FAO soil classification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (280 words) |
 | The FAO developed a supra-national classification, also called World Soil Classification, which offers useful generalizations about soils pedogenesis in relation to the interactions with the main soil-forming factors. |
 | The FAO soil map is a very simple classification system with units very broad, but it is the only truly international system, and most soils can be accommodated on the basis of their field descriptions. |
 | The FAO soil map is intended for mapping soils at a continental scale but not at local scale. |