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It sets out a plan to support the 2030 Agenda through better production,â¯better nutrition,â¯aâ¯better environment,â¯andâ¯aâ¯better life for all. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2020,"month":10,"day":16},"end_date":{"year":2020,"month":10,"day":16},"display_date":"October 16, 2020","text":{"headline":"FAOâs 75th anniversary","text":"<p>FAO marks its 75th anniversary with a call for global solidarity in transforming food systems on World Food Day. âFood heroesâ â individuals making a difference in advancing food security in their communities â are honoured, as both the Colosseum and FAO headquarters, light up in celebration. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/green-cities.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=f31cf357_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2020,"month":8,"day":10},"end_date":{"year":2020,"month":8,"day":10},"display_date":"August 10, 2020","text":{"headline":"Green Cities Initiative","text":"<p>With cities set to house two-thirds of the global population by 2050, FAO debuts the Green Cities Initiative. 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44712","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2020,"month":5,"day":21},"end_date":{"year":2020,"month":5,"day":21},"display_date":"May 21, 2020","text":{"headline":"International Tea Day","text":"<p>After water, tea is the most widely drunk beverage in the world. The sector employs 13 million people in some 50 countries, most of them smallholder farmers. The first International Tea Day is marked on 21 May 2020.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/7_66_36b7a2c7-f711-434b-af03-4e78989b27b6.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=a0131707_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2020,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2020,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 2020","text":{"headline":"International Year of Plant Health","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The United Nations General Assembly declared 2020 as the <a href=\"/plant-health-2020/home/en/\">International Year of Plant Health (IYPH)</a>. The year is a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development. FAO and its International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) are leading activities to make the Year a success and promote plant health beyond 2020. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/6_70_8b768fd3-c71f-4fdc-9b2e-0b4d8c1c15bc.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=9eaca86d_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2019,"month":9,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2019,"month":9,"day":1},"display_date":"September 01, 2019","text":{"headline":"Launch of the Hand-in-Hand Initiative","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The new <a href=\"/news/story/en/item/1235059/icode/\" target=\"_top\">Hand-in-Hand Initiative</a> is an innovative business model and a unique opportunity through which partners across the public, private and other sectors can work together to end poverty and hunger and build prosperity in developing countries. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/5_b0e00fee-f371-4d84-935f-c59ff8eec965.tmb-th600x400.jpeg?sfvrsn=45192ced_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2019,"month":4,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2019,"month":4,"day":1},"display_date":"April 01, 2019","text":{"headline":"UN Decade of Family Farming","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\"><a href=\"/family-farming-decade/home/en/\">The UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028</a> aims to shed new light on what it means to be a family farmer in a rapidly changing world and highlights more than ever before the important role they play in eradicating hunger and shaping our future of food. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/02-day493_verified_321c2bf2-b57a-4715-b9d6-3335f083e9d7.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=f3df4fe2_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2019,"month":3,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2019,"month":3,"day":1},"display_date":"March 01, 2019","text":{"headline":"Launch of the FAO Framework for the Urban Food Agenda","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">FAOâs Urban Food Agenda supports policy-makers globally to incorporate food systems into city planning.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/4_96_32e56d07-1f6b-4f1c-8060-e8530aea58f4.tmb
447-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=861cb7d7_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2019,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2019,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 2019","text":{"headline":"World Pulses Day","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Following the success of the International Year of Pulses (IYP) 2016, <a href=\"/world-pulses-day/en/\">World Pulses Day</a> is a new opportunity to heighten public awareness of the nutritional benefits of eating pulses.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/3_0aacdf.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=8fb0b2fd_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2018,"month":3,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2018,"month":3,"day":1},"display_date":"March 01, 2018","text":{"headline":"IUU Day","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\"> The first <a href=\"/iuu-fishing/fight-iuu-fishing/en/\">International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing</a> was celebrated for the first time on 5 June 2018, with FAO as the lead agency. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/2_0c137b_eeb4e004-f21d-4cb9-aaf8-fe0ab5decedf.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=5a03301_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2018,"month":2,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2018,"month":2,"day":1},"display_date":"February 01, 2018","text":{"headline":"World Bee Day","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">World Bee day draws attention to the essential role bees and other pollinators play in keeping people and the planet healthy. In 2017 a proposal for World Bee Day was submitted at the 40th Session of FAO Conference. The UN General Assembly unanimously proclaimed 20 May as World Bee Day. The 20th May 2018 was the first Observance of World Bee Day. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/1_21c54d_d147e40c-aeba-4bd6-a40b-3d71da1d48c9.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=57e8f164_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2016,"month":2,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2016,"month":2,"day":1},"display_date":"February 01, 2016","text":{"headline":"The Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA)","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\"> The <a href=\"/port-state-measures/resources/detail/en/c/1111616/\" title=\"Opens external link in new window\" target=\"_top\">Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA)</a> is the first binding international agreement to specifically target <a href=\"/iuu-fishing/en/\" title=\"Opens internal link in current window\" target=\"_top\">illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing</a>. Its objective is to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing by preventing vessels engaged in IUU fishing from using ports and landing their catches. The PSMA entered into force in June 2016. By the first year and a half, more than a third of countries were Parties to it. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/international-year-pulses-timeline-fin_1f695f9d-d13d-4d87-a5fe-b74200676377.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=4d3c431e_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2016,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2016,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 2016","text":{"headline":"International Year of Pulses","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">FAO is nominated to implement the International Year of Pulses (IYP). The <a href=\"/pulses-2016/about/en/\">IYP</a> aims to heighten public awareness of the nutritional benefits of pulses and their role in sustainable food production.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/en_sdgs_icons_01_1d396bb8-42d9-4cb1-bc40-83408a888378.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=fb19db8f_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2016,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2016,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 2016","text":{"headline":"Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Succeeding the MDGs, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are new global objectives that aim to shape national development plans over the next 15 years. From ending poverty and hunger to responding to climate change and sustaining our natural resources, food and agriculture lie at the heart of the 2030 Agenda.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/12081dd002_02.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=ed3b5c1b_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2015,"month":11,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2015,"month":11,"day":1},"display_date":"November 01, 2015","text":{"headline":"International Year of Soils (IYS)","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">FAO implements the IYS in collaboration with governments and the secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. The <a href=\"/soils-2015/en/\">IYS</a> aims to increase understanding of the importance of soil for food security.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/12088j2215_01.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=d0dda6d5_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2015,"month":6,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2015,"month":6,"day":1}
447,"display_date":"June 01, 2015","text":{"headline":"Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">At the Millennium Summit, the largest gathering of world leaders in history, the UN Millennium Declaration is adopted. Nations committed to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty and setting out a series of time-bound targets, with 2015 as the deadline. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/12081dd027_02_5b326834-134c-4db2-b3b7-b802518c4f16.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=a080ec99_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2014,"month":9,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2014,"month":9,"day":1},"display_date":"September 01, 2014","text":{"headline":"The Global Soil Partnership","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The Partnership supports the process leading to the adoption of sustainable goals for soils to prevent soil erosion and degradation, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, promoting carbon sequestration and the sustainable use of agricultural inputs. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2014,"month":3,"day":2},"end_date":{"year":2014,"month":3,"day":2},"display_date":"March 02, 2014","text":{"headline":"Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The objective of the Principles is to promote responsible investment in agriculture and food systems that contribute to food security and nutrition.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/12076v176_02_94169861-86ad-4052-878d-4c624a8fcf69.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=f45b4d37_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2014,"month":2,"day":2},"end_date":{"year":2014,"month":2,"day":2},"display_date":"February 02, 2014","text":{"headline":"Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\"><a href=\"/about/meetings/icn2/background/en/\">ICN2</a> brings together senior national policymakers from agriculture, health and other relevant ministries and agencies, with leaders of United Nations agencies. The main outcomes of the high-level ministerial conference are the <a href=\"/3/a-ml542e.pdf\">Rome Declaration on Nutrition</a> and the <a href=\"/3/a-mm215e.pdf\">Framework for Action</a>.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/24621_0534_03_e8ea5679-a4c7-47f4-b29b-158a0a31aef8.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=a0569c45_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2014,"month":2,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2014,"month":2,"day":1},"display_date":"February 01, 2014","text":{"headline":"Blue Growth Initiative for the seas","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The Blue Growth Initiative is based on the premise that healthy ocean ecosystems are more productive and represent the only way to ensure sustainable ocean-based economies. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/12023w184_02_7f575697-1c29-4e20-8e4c-c33386d7de78.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=4ecea930_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2012,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2012,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 2012","text":{"headline":"Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The cornerstone of the Voluntary Guidelines states that responsible investment in agriculture and food systems \"supports states' obligations regarding the progressive realization of the right to adequate food.\" The guidelines touch upon other important and at times contentious issues such as genetic resources, indigenous rights and climate change.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/24705_8145_03.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=32b9e1bd_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2011,"month":2,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2011,"month":2,"day":1},"display_date":"February 01, 2011","text":{"headline":"FAO declares the eradication of Rinderpest","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">In a historic victory of veterinary science, FAO and OIE announce that thanks to a decades-long international cooperative effort, the fatal cattle disease, known as rinderpest, has successfully been eradicated from the natural environment.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/24729_0441_04_9c7dba9e-4d39-4fd2-aa6a-4e2e0287bf96.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=c28e5919_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2010,"month":4,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2010,"month":4,"day":1},"display_date":"April 01, 2010","text":{"headline":"Emergency Relief for Pakistan","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">As the worst floods ever to hit Pakistan wipe out seed stocks and kills millions of livestock, FAO responds by distributing wheat seeds to half a million farming families in time for the planting season. An additional 235 000 families receive feed and medicine for their animals.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/11989d0127_02_912a4812-a305-4423-a9ea-9d1505d206e9.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=5103f091_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2009,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2009,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 2009","text":{"headline":"World Summit on Food Security","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The summit injects new urgency into the fight against hunger. Sixty heads of state and governments and 192 ministers unanimously adopt a declaration pledging renewed commitment to eradicate hunger from the world as soon as possible.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/11965j0098_02_fd7980bc-3713-436c-aa4f-2264a09a42d6.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=1a785158_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2008,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2008,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 2008","text":{"headline":"FAO Conference on Climate Change","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Attended by 43 heads of state and 100 government ministers, the Conference assesses the impact of climate change and the biofuel boom on food security and food prices and adopts a resolution to increase assistance and investment in developing world agriculture.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2006,"month":2,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2006,"month":2,"day":1},"display_date":"February 01, 2006","text":{"headline":"Crisis Management Centre for Animals","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Established in partnership with the <a href=\"http://www.oie.int/\" title=\"More on World Organisation for Animal Health\" target=\"_blank\">World Organization for Animal Health</a>, the Centre assesses worldwide epidemiologic situations, diagnoses outbreaks of animal diseases, and sets up immediate measures to prevent or stop diseases from spreading.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLXsYH-45eI&index=6&list=PL0Rrgop7D4QAJWWHpvdhVsTge76JVbDFJ","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2005,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2005,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 2005","text":{"headline":"Seventh decade ","text":""}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/right_to_food_03_51fa95f3-f545-403f-9459-8d9e17f262bf.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=7081356_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2004,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2004,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 2004","text":{"headline":"Right to Food Guidelines","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The Right to Food <a href=\"http://www.fao.org/tempref/docrep/fao/meeting/009/y9825e/y9825e.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Guidelines</a> are adopted by the FAO Council after two years of intergovernmental negotiations mandated by the âWorld Food Summit: Five years laterâ.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2002,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2002,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 2002","text":{"headline":"World Food Summit: Five Years Later","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Attended by delegations from 179 countries plus the European Commission, the World Food Summit reaffirmed the international community's commitment to reduce the number of the undernourished by half by 2015. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/24652_2482_02_d6a5d6c6-aa0d-41c2-a3c4-57de03425e3b.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=8aa19a7d_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2001,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2001,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 2001","text":{"headline":"International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">This legally binding <a href=\"http://www.planttreaty.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Treaty</a> supports the work of breeders and farmers everywhere and encourages sustainable agriculture through the equitable sharing of genetic material among plant breeders, farmers and research institutions.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/24635_0092b_02.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=783a96c5_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":2000,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":2000,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 2000","text":{"headline":"Strategy for the Horn of Africa","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">At the request of the United Nations Secretary-General, FAO develops a strategy to combat chronic hunger in the Horn of Africa.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/22134_02_02c7ee0a-ca06-4ea8-8ff7-6830297caa67.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=ecd8d598_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1999,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1999,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1999","text":{"headline":" Fisheries Agreement Register (FARISIS)","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">FARISIS, first established in the â70s, is revamped to improve its use as a unique, global database of fisheries agreements. Elements of the Register have been used in elaborating international instruments in fisheries, in particular the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas, adopted in November 1993.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1998,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1998,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1998","text":{"headline":"Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">FAO brokers a legally binding convention to control trade in pesticides and other hazardous chemicals. Adopted in Rotterdam, it therefore becomes known as the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/24627_0021_03_79be5c67-4e48-41a7-8ed4-268c06f35a5e.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=deeef1c_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1997,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1997,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1997","text":{"headline":"FAO launches TeleFood campaign","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">FAO's annual fundraising campaign, Telefood, is launched in coordination with World Food Day. The campaign aims at mobilizing resources for hunger eradication projects making significant impacts in different c
447ountries around the world.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/11839h3a_02_10a15cd2-3034-45dd-9f6b-586432b44034.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=6cf4f8b0_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1996,"month":3,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1996,"month":3,"day":1},"display_date":"March 01, 1996","text":{"headline":"Rome Declaration on World Food Security ","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The Declaration is adopted by 112 Heads or Deputy Heads of State and over 70 high-level representatives from other countries. The Declaration reaffirms the universal right to safe and nutritious food.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/11834d9a_02_889c6344-bc92-4b27-82e0-ad993a4d98bc.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=322b5eea_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1996,"month":2,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1996,"month":2,"day":1},"display_date":"February 01, 1996","text":{"headline":"World Food Summit","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The World Food Summit becomes a historic event, bringing together about 10 000 participants and providing a forum for debate on a critical issue facing world leaders in the new millennium: eradicating hunger.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/17790_02_b8764f6b-ec71-4702-9eeb-03e05c64bccb.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=d91b3682_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1995,"month":2,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1995,"month":2,"day":1},"display_date":"February 01, 1995","text":{"headline":"The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Prepared to ensure sustainable use of living aquatic resources and adopted by over 170 countries, the <a href=\"/docrep/003/x9066e/x9066e01.htm\">Code</a> provides principles of the sustainable management of fisheries and addresses the development of aquaculture.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuXqK8-Isxc&feature=youtu.be","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1995,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1995,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1995","text":{"headline":"Sixth Decade","text":""}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/24630_0113_02_7320df04-907d-4083-bdf5-703393b0cc90.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=52b33d67_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1995,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1995,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1995","text":{"headline":"Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases (EMPRES)","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">EMPRES is established to support countries in the fight against transboundary, animal and plant diseases.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/24678_6182_02_5ecc943e-a40e-47ec-8920-120439d6a1e3.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=7d58521f_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1994,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1994,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1994","text":{"headline":"Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS)","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">FAO launches the SPFS. Endorsed by the World Food Summit in 1996, the SPFS aims to support low-income, food-deficit countries in their efforts to improve their national food security.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/screen_shot_2015-09-21_at_11_ae19b72c-baf2-4491-978d-82ae2f95e3da.tmb-th600x400.png?sfvrsn=473c515c_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1993,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1993,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1993","text":{"headline":"World Agriculture: Towards 2010","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">With contributions from external specialists, FAO produces the <a href=\"/docrep/v4200e/v4200e00.htm\">World Agriculture: towards 2010</a> report, a comprehensive study of natural and agricultural crop resources and livestock production.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/worlddeclaration1992_archival_02_20bca65d-2505-48a3-abd7-ef2aec34f6b0.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=740f59a3_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1992,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1992,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1992","text":{"headline":"World Declaration and Plan of Action on Nutrition","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The
447<a href=\"/docrep/015/u9260e/u9260e00.pdf\">Declaration and Plan of Action on Nutrition</a> is adopted at the International Conference on Nutrition where governments pledge to eliminate or substantially reduce a series of malnutrition-related conditions before the next millennium.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1988,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1988,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1988","text":{"headline":"Africa Real-Time Environmental Monitoring System (ARTEMIS)","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">ARTEMIS is set up to process satellite data on rainfall and vegetation. This uses near real time satellite images from the European METEOSAT satellite to provide a proxy estimate for rainfall.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1987,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1987,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1987","text":{"headline":"Safety of food in international trade","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The Chernobyl Disaster causes serious disruptions to food production and trade of food products. This highlights the importance of FAO's responsibility to advise governments on legislation governing food quality and safety compliance. FAO recommends a number of appropriate approaches to assure orderly trade of foodstuffs that might have been accidentally contaminated with radionuclides.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/19486_02_f1aa92fd-7c1c-42a6-b804-0b562317f12e.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=fd50c1a5_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1986,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1986,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1986","text":{"headline":"Launch of FAOSTAT ","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\"><a href=\"http://faostat3.fao.org/home/E\" target=\"_blank\">FAOSTAT</a> (known as AGROSTAT until the mid-1990s) is an electronic edition of the FAO yearbooks and even now is considered the most comprehensive source of agricultural information and statistics.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/16832_02.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=d466363_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1985,"month":2,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1985,"month":2,"day":1},"display_date":"February 01, 1985","text":{"headline":"World Food Security Compact","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">FAO Conference approves a World Food Security Compact, which outlines a plan for achieving a comprehensive global food security system.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AwRvFHchM4&feature=youtu.be","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1985,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1985,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1985","text":{"headline":"Fifth Decade","text":""}},{"media":{"url":"https://youtu.be/9AwRvFHchM4","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1985,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1985,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1985","text":{"headline":"The fifth World Food Survey","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The fifth World Food Survey notes that the number of hungry people is steadily increasing. To mitigate this rising trend of hunger, the survey proposes food subsidies and nutritional education interventions.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/10965b_21a_02_1794ad71-0537-4ebb-998b-1a605479096a.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=8d4bfff8_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1984,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1984,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1984","text":{"headline":"World Conference on Fisheries","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The Conference is held in Rome from 27 June to 6 July 1984. It is attended by the highest number of high-level delegates ever assembled to consider the issues facing the sector. The conferences leads to an agreement on long-term goals for fisheries.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1982,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1982,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1982","text":{"headline":"International Seed Information System","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">International Seed Information System is a comprehensive microcomputer seed bank database management system. The system incorporates terminology techniques and management practices of both commercial seed banks and forestry research programmes. In addition to providing seed banks with a structured data storage, the system can be used as a means to disseminate established and tested seed bank management practices and methodology. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/10608_b_02_7b44bcf6-9e39-4fcb-9e6f-80b82e5d1d51.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=e5e7a432_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1979,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1979,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1979","text":{"headline":"World Food Day","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The 20th session of the FAO Conference takes the unanimous decision of observing World Food Day annually on the 16th October, in honour of the founding of FAO. Its aims are to involve governments and people in the struggle to free the world from hunger, malnutrition and poverty.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/10290z_wcard_02_9d0d6710-f885-4c22-b80c-672c4029828f.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=fd0a7998_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1979,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1979,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1979","text":{"headline":"World Conference on Agrarian Reform","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Given the importance that land has in rural economies, access to and control over it have been central to any development strategy. That is indeed the understanding when in 1979, the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (WCARRD) adopts the âPeasants' Charterâ calling for securing access and control over land by the poor.</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/9461_02.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=e1cbf20c_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1977,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1977,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1977","text":{"headline":"The fourth World Food Survey ","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The fourth World Food Survey finds that there had been an alarming increase in the number of countries experiencing declines in food production per person. Evidence from a number of countries reveals that 25% to 50% of young children are suffering from some form of malnutrition.⯠</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1975,"month":9,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1975,"month":9,"day":1},"display_date":"September 01, 1975","text":{"headline":"The Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS)","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\"><a data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\" href=\"/giews/english/index.htm\">GIEWS</a> is set up to monitor developments in food demand and supply at global and national levels. The system sets up special monthly reports covering crop information and today provides early warnings of potential food crises in individual countries. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1976,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1976,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1976","text":{"headline":"FAOâs Technical Cooperation Programme ","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Established in 1976 to make FAOâs technical knowledge available while supporting the development efforts of member countries, the Technical Cooperation Programme today provides assistance in all areas related to the Organizationâs mandate.⯠</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/24731_0960_02_1771ae6c-0972-4afc-92e6-53c74eb7bdfd.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=d071e881_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1974,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1974,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1974","text":{"headline":"Committee on World Food Security","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Theâ¯<a href=\"http://www.fao.org/cfs/home/en/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"external-link-new-window\">Committee on World Food Security</a>â¯(CFS) is created in response to the 1974 World Food Conference recommendations. The focus of CFS is on increasing global grain production and stabilizing world grain markets on the assumption that these actions would be enough to ensure that all people everywhere had enough food to eat.⯠</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/59180_02_26ed8a20-2bc0-4805-bff7-cc4cd518c6b6.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=90614309_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1974,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1974,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1974","text":{"headline":"World Food Conference ","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The food crisis is reaching its peak at the very time of FAO's World Food Conference. The conference proposes to establish a world food bank ensuring access to around 10 million
447tonnes of stored grain, to found anâ¯<a href=\"http://www.ifad.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"external-link-new-window\">International Fund for Agricultural Development</a>,â¯to improve tropical agriculture, and to set up a new food forecasting system that would provide early warning of future crises. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/8921_i_01.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=f93cd73f_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1972,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1972,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1972","text":{"headline":"Sahel Crisis","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">In 1968, the Sahelian region enters a period of drought that reaches crisis proportions in 1972. It is only when FAO sends its first assessment mission to the region that the extent of the disaster becomes apparent to the international community. FAO immediately delivers 20 000 tonnes of cereals and protective foods to the region. By 1975 over 1.5 million tonnes of grain has been sent. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1972,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1972,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1972","text":{"headline":"UN Conference on the Human Environment","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The conference, jointly organized by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and FAO, makes 108 substantive recommendations. Of these, FAO is involved in 36 and concentrates on strengthening its existing programmes in a wide range of areas that includes forest resources, genetic resources, wildlife, waste disposal and recycling technologies and food contamination control.⯠</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1971,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1971,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1971","text":{"headline":"Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) ","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Funded to respond to raising concerns of famine mainly due to fast-paced population growth, the CGIAR is created to coordinate international agricultural research centres to reduce poverty and achieve food security in developing countries. Through the years, the scope of research of the group has grown, covering areas of research as varied as climate change, agriculture and food security.⯠</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1970,"month":2,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1970,"month":2,"day":1},"display_date":"February 01, 1970","text":{"headline":"Indicative World Plan for Agricultural Development ","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The world plan is written to give an analysis of major issues for world agriculture in the 1970s and 1980s. With the basic aim of finding a solution for the problems of food shortages that were likely to face the world in the next two decades, the plan intends to provide a framework to help governments formulate and implement their agricultural policies. It also provides a focus for FAOâs operational activities for assembling, analyzing and distributing information on bilateral and multilateral food aid operations. As the title of the Plan clearly states, it aims to âindicateâ not âdictateâ.⯠</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/7768_02_ce589579-d8bf-4b42-adb1-a09119fff27f.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=d266fcf1_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1970,"month":2,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1970,"month":2,"day":1},"display_date":"February 01, 1970","text":{"headline":"Second World Food Congress","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The Second World Food Congress turns the spotlight of public attention onto âhunger and malnutritionâ in the world and on international efforts to eliminate it. The Congress reviews the state of hunger and malnutrition in the world and identifies areas of immediate action in line with FAOâs strategy. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1966,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1966,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1966","text":{"headline":"World Land Reform Conference ","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Organized by FAO and ILO, the conference emphasizes the need for an integrated approach to agrarian reform to further economic and social progress. This conference gathers all the ideas on land reform that exist in different parts of the world. It paves the way for the wider and more action-oriented consensus that emerged in later years.⯠</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://youtu.be/DNoAn9l2R3g","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1965,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1965,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1965","text":{"headline":"Third Decade ","text":""}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1963,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1963,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1963","text":{"headline":"The third World Food Survey ","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Drawing on food consumption and dietary surveys conducted in various parts of the world, the third World Food Survey finds that food supplies per person are slightly above pre-war level. This improvement, however, has mainly occurred in developed countries, not in developing countries.⯠In fact, 10 to 15 percent of the worldâs people are found undernourished and up to half suffering from hunger, malnutrition or both.⯠</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/4869_u_02_6aeaff3b-5b25-43da-ae05-174b29789fd8.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=80b9ad57_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1963,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1963,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1963","text":{"headline":"World Food Programme is born","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">FAO and the UN General Assembly adopt parallel resolutions that establish the World Food Programme to deliver urgent food aid in real time to affected areas. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://soundcloud.com/unfao/statement-by-us-president-john-f-kennedy-at-world-food-congress-washington-dc","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1963,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1963,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1963","text":{"headline":"World Food Congress","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">John F. Kennedy,â¯President of the United States,â¯at the World Food Congress. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/24779_23831_02_bab88fbc-8036-44d6-83c0-6c29b177f539.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=840d06f9_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1963,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1963,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1963","text":{"headline":"Codex Alimentarius","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Created by FAO and WHO, the Codex Alimentarius Commission comes into full operation to establish international food standards. Codex Alimentarius is Latin forâ¯\"food law\" and its role as a coordinating mechanism for developing food standardsâ¯is unquestioned. The published Codex is set to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in food trade. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/5514_01.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=3735f345_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1961,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1961,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1961","text":{"headline":"Freedom from Hunger Campaign","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The Campaign is a milestone for FAO, in that it significantly contributed to turning the Organization from a technical agency into a development organization. Launched with a five year mandate of raising global awareness about hunger, malnutrition and possible solutions to them, the Campaign is repeatedly extended until the early 1980s. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1961,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1961,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1961","text":{"headline":"Fertilizer Programme ","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The Fertilizer Programme is established, under the umbrella of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign âto improve crop production and farmersâ incomes through the efficient use of fertilizers.\" The programme soon expands its scope to include all aspects of efficient crop production, such as improved varieties, better soil management and weed control as well as more efficient plant protection.⯠</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1961,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1961,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1961","text":{"headline":"FAO and UNESCO Soil Map","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The FAO and UNESCO soil map is created and draws on information of over 10,000 existing soil maps and reports. It is further supplemented by reports and missions of national and international institutions and FAO. The scale of this map provides a useful framework for the elaboration of more detailed maps that were later used for individual projects.⯠</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/4937_1_01.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=f136194e_11","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1958,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1958,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1958","text":{"headline":"The UN Special fund","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The Special Fund is created and commences its activities in 1959, based on a total of contributions for that year of $26 million pledged by participating governments. During its first year of operation, FAO is responsible for the execution of approximately one third of the total activities of the Special Fund. </p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1957,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1957,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1957","text":{"headline":"World Seed Campaign","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">
447FAO launches the World Seed Campaign and receives support from a great number of international organizations and governments. This support comes mainly in the form of international, regional and national training centers, courses and seminars, fellowships, study tours and expertise in breeding, seed improvement, certification and distribution of seeds.⯠</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0fqa63jThU","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1955,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1955,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1955","text":{"headline":"Second Decade","text":""}},{"media":{"url":"https://www.fao.org/media/images/aboutfaolibraries/timeline-images/nu_916_ref_7219_a_02_34464ec5-e0f4-4595-aa2f-062e92768b7d.tmb-th600x400.jpg?sfvrsn=229fe6d4_12","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1954,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1954,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1954","text":{"headline":"FAO Principles of Surplus Disposal and Guiding Lines ","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">These Guiding Lines embrace the view that surplus commodities can be utilized for the promotion of economic development, special welfare distribution and emergency relief.⯠</p>"}},{"media":{"url":"","thumbnail":"","caption":"","credit":""},"start_date":{"year":1952,"month":1,"day":1},"end_date":{"year":1952,"month":1,"day":1},"display_date":"January 01, 1952","text":{"headline":"The Desert Locust Programme ","text":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The Desert Locust Programme is formally launched, following a request from an international conference convened by India. This programme is greatly strengthened a decade later by cooperation with UNDP. The past seventy years have seen fundamental changes in FAOâs strategy of locust control. Measures started out as defensive and were aimed at minimizing the damage in the aftermath of locust swarms. From the late 1930s onwards, as discoveries showed that locust outbreak areas were limited, the strategy changed to attacking locusts in these areas before they had a chance to develop into swarms and cause widespread damage. 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