fao
Speech parts
1. fao - Noun
2. fao - Preposition
3. Fao - Proper noun
Meaning
the United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture
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Phrases with the word
Examples
One fifth of human kind depend on fish to live. Today now 70 percent of the fish stock are over-exploited. According to FAO if we don't change our system of fishing the main sea resources will be gone in 2050. We don't want to believe what we know.
If ever I expected to come face to face with an angry Christian fundamentalist, it wasn't in FAO Schwarz.
According to the FAO report, the Lamalerans "have evolved a method of whaling which suits their natural resources, cultural tenets and style."
About 12.1% Nepal's forest is classified as protected while about 21.4% is conserved according to FAO.
According to United Nations FAO statistics, the total number of commercial fishermen and fish farmers is estimated to be 38 million.
A twelve sided 50 ngwee coin was introduced in 1979 to replace the 50 ngwee note and featured commemorative FAO themes.