Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts – to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. Our three main goals are: the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition; the elimination of poverty and the driving forward of economic and social progress for all; and, the sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, including land, water, air, climate and genetic resources for the benefit of present and future generations. Work during the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity: FAO with its Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture offers to on lead on Target 13. FAO will contribute towards the achievement, inter alia, of Targets 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16 and 18. FAO contributes to the implementation of the Strategic Plan 2011-2020 and the achievement of a number of Aichi Biodiversity Targets mainly through the implementation of the Global Goal 3 of its reviewed Strateg