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Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database
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<p>Statistics are at the core of the work of the <a href="/facts/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization_of_the_UN/13WV8JJK">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)</a>, its mandate and strategic goals. Article I of its <a href="https://www.fao.org/4/mp046e/mp046e.pdf">Constitution</a> states that “The Organization shall collect, analyse, interpret and disseminate information relating to nutrition, food and agriculture. […] the term ‘agriculture’ and its derivatives include forestry, fisheries and aquaculture”. </p><p>The <a href="https://www.fao.org/faostat/">FAOSTAT database</a> disseminates <a href="/facts/Statistics/DNPsKGYU">statistical data</a> collected and maintained by FAO. It is one of FAO’s most important corporate platforms and is the largest statistical database on food and agriculture in the world. </p>