INGOs holding Formal Status with FAO
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International Non-Governmental Organizations with FAO Formal Status
Consultative Status
1. ACWW Associated Country Women of the World
2. CI Caritas Internationalis
3. ICA International Cooperative Alliance
4. ICC International Chamber of Commerce
5. ICW International Council of Women
6. IFRCRCS International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
7. IUF International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco & Allied Workers Associations (ex-IFPAAW)
8. WFTU World Federation of Trade Unions
9. WUCWO World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations
Specialized Consultative Status
1. ACF Action Contre la Faim International
2. AOAC Association of Official Analytical Chemists
3. APIMONDIA International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations
4. BROOKE Brooke - Action for Working Horses and Donkeys
5. CEDR European Council for Rural Law
6. CI Consumers International (ex-IOCU)
7. CIAA Confederation of Food and Drink Industries of the EEC
8. CIGR International Commission of Agricultural Engineering
9. CIPAC Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council
10. CLI CropLife International (ex-GCPF & ex-GIFAP)
11. EAAP European Association for Animal Production
12. ETC Group Action Group on Erosion, Technology & Concentration (ex-RAFI)
13. GAFTA Grain and Feed Trade Association
14. IAAE International Association of Agricultural Economists
15. IAALD International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists
16. ICAR International Committee for Animal Recording
17. ICID International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
18. ICIMOD International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
19. ICSU International Council for Science
20. IDF International Diary Federation
21. IFFO Marine Ingredients Organisation (ex-International Fishmeal & Fish Oil organization & ex-IFOMA)
22. IFHE International Federation for Home Economics
23. IFMA International Federation of Margarine Associations
24. IFS International Foundation for Science
25. ILSI International Life Sciences Institute
26. IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union
27. ISC International Society of Citriculture
28. ISF International Seed Federation
29. ISO International Organization for Standardisation
30. IUCN World Conservation Union
31. IUFOST International Union of Food Science and Technology
32. IUFRO International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
33. IUNS International Union of Nutritional Sciences
34. IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
35. IUSS International Union of Soil Science (ex-ISSS)
36. MIJARC International Movements of Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth
37. SAVE Safeguard for Agricultural Varieties in Europe / Sauveguard pour l’Agriculture des Variétés d’Europe
38. UIS-TAACT Trade Unions International of Workers in Agriculture, Food, Commerce, Textiles and Allied Industries (exTUIFPHAI or TUIAFCTW)
39. WAAP World Association for Animal Production
40. WILPF Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
41. WOCCU World Council of Credit Unions
42. WPSA World’s Poultry Science Association
43. WVA World Veterinary Association
Liaison Status
1. AAI ActionAid International
2. AFRACA African Regional Agricultural Credit Association
3. AFS American Fisheries Society
4. ALIDE Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions
5. ANGOC Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development
6. AOCS American Oil Chemists' Society
7. APRACA Asia Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association
8. IBPW International Federation of Business and Professional Women
9. CEFS European Committee of Sugar Manufacturers
10. CFCS Caribbean Food Crops Society
11. CIC International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation
12. CICA International Confederation for Agricultural Credit
13. CIDSE International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity
14. CLAM Liaison Committee of Mediterranean Citrus Fruit Culture
15. Compassion in World Farming
16. EFLA European Food Law Association
17. EFMA European Fertilizer Manufacturers' Association
18. ELCI ELC International
19. ETC European Tea Committee
20. EUCARPIA European Association for Research on Plant Breeding
21. FEAP Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (ex-FES)
22. FHI Food for the Hungry International
23. FPSC Fundación Promoción Social de la Cultura
24. GAA Global Aquaculture Alliance Inc.
25. GREENPEACE Greenpeace International
26. HPI Heifer Project International
27. HSI Humane Society International
28. IAAS International Association for Students in Agriculture and related Sciences
29. IAW International Alliance of Women
30. IAWL International Association for Water law
31. ICCM International Council of Catholic Men
32. ICFPA International Council of Forest and Paper Association
33. ICRA International Catholic Rural Association
34. ICSF International Collective in Support of Fishworkers
35. IEC International Egg Commission
36. IETS International Embryo Transfer Society
37. IFA International Fertilizer Industry Association
38. IFAH International Federation for Animal Health
39. IFJU International Federation of Fruit Juice Producers
40. IFOAM International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
41. IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute
42. IFWLC International Federation of Women in Legal Careers
43. IIASA International Institute for Applied System Analysis
44. IIJM International Jacques Maritain Institute
45. IMPHOS World Phosphate Institute
46. IMS International Meat Secretariat
47. IOBC International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals
48. IPS International Peat Society
49. IRU International Raiffeisen Union
50. ISHS International Society for Horticultural Science
51. ISPP International Society for Plant Pathology
52. ITC International Tea Committee
53. NACEE Network of Aquaculture Centres in Central and Eastern Europe
54. Practical Action (ex-ITDG Intermediate Technology Development Group)
55. ITTTA International Technical Tropical Timber Association
56. IUBS International Union of Biological Sciences
57. IUMS International Union of Microbiological Societies
58. IUSY International Union of Socialist Youth
59. IWTO International Wool Textile Organisation
60. NATURA Network of European Agricultural (Tropically and Subtropically Oriented) Universities and Scientific Complexes Related with Agricultural Development
61. NENARACA Near East-North Africa Regional Agricultural Credit Association
62. PAN Pesticide Action Network
63. PFCS The Plunkett Foundation for Co-operative Studies,
64. RI Rotary International
65. SI Soroptimist International
66. SID Society for International Development
67. SLOWFOOD International Slow Food Movement
68. UINL International Union of Latin Notaries
69. URGENCI Réseau International URGENCI
70. WAGGGS World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
71. WAP World Animal Protection (ex-WSPA World Society for the Protection of Animals)
72. WHAT World Humanity Action Trust (merged into Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future)
73. WOSM World Organization of the Scout Movement
74. WRF World Rural Forum
75. WSBI World Savings Banks Institute
76. WSRO World Sugar Research Organization