With reference to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), consider the following statements:1.It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.2.It is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN). 3.It started the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS).Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Q. With reference to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), consider the following statements:
1.It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.
2.It is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN).
3.It started the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 and 2

[B] 1 and 3

[C] 2 and 3

[D] 1, 2, and 3

Answer: C

Notes:

World Food Program is the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.

FAO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. It started the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) to safeguard and support the world’s agricultural heritage systems. Othe initiatives taken are:

Monitors the Desert Locusts situation throughout the world.
Codex Alimentarius Commission or CAC is the body responsible for all matters regarding the implementation of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme.
TheInternational Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was adopted by the Thirty-First Session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization in 2001.

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