GK
SOIL AND AGRICULTURE
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Question
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Rome
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New York
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Venezuela
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Washington
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Detailed explanation-1: -Originally built under the Fascist government of Italy in the 1930s to be the seat of the Ministry of Italian Africa, the building was repurposed after World War II to be the headquarters of the then-new United Nations’ agricultural agency, the FAO.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rome is the seat of the FAO, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, of the World Food Programme (WFP) and of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Detailed explanation-3: -Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) is one of the largest specialized agencies in the UN System founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standard of living by improving agricultural productivity and living conditions of rural population.