The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) leads international efforts to end hunger. The main goal of the Food and Agriculture organization is to provide people everywhere with stable sources of high-quality food necessary for an active and healthy life.

The Food and Agriculture Organization is one of the largest specialized agencies of the UN system and the world's leading organization for agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and rural development. Today, the organization, founded in 1945, includes 194 countries, two associate members, as well as one organization-the, the European Union. In the Europe and Central Asia region, FAO unites 53 countries, including Armenia.

The work of FAO is guided by the following five strategic objectives approved by the member countries:

• contribute to overcoming hunger, food shortages, and malnutrition;
• to make the activities of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries more efficient and stable;
• overcoming poverty in rural areas;
• ensure the efficiency of agricultural and food systems;
• increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters.

FAO in Armenia

The Republic of Armenia joined the FAO in 1993, and the FAO representative office in Armenia opened in 2004. Since joining the FAO, Armenia has received the organization's assistance in implementing various development and emergency programs aimed at increasing agricultural productivity and food security in the country.

FAO assistance in Armenia during 2024-2025 will be guided by the Country Programming Framework (CPF) which is centered around two main outcomes. These outcomes are closely aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2024-2025, The Strategy of the Main Directions Ensuring Economic Development in Agricultural Sector of the Republic of Armenia for 2020-2030, Food Security System Development Strategy and Action Plan for 2023-2026, the 2030 Agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and FAO’s Strategic Framework 2022-2031.

CPF Outcome 1. People, communities and regions benefit from equitable economic opportunities, decent work and sustainable livelihoods, enabled through competitiveness and inclusive green growth (UNSDCF Outcome 4).

CPF Outcome 2. Ecosystems are managed sustainably, and people benefit from participatory and resilient development and climate smart solutions (UNSDCF Outcome 5).

Since March 15, 2024, the Country Programme Coordinator of FAO Armenia is Ms. Botagoz Nartayeva.

Updated on 13.03.2025