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Maximo Torero
Maximo Torero (born 27 May 1967) is a Peruvian economist. He is currently the chief economist and assistant director general for the Economic and Social Development Department at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy. Education and career Torero earned his Bachelor of Science, B.S. from University of the Pacific (Peru). He earned his Master of Arts, MA (1993) and Doctorate, Ph.D. (1998) in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He worked as a senior researcher and a member of the executive committee at Group of Analysis for Development (GRADE) in Peru before joining the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, D.C. in 2003. From 2004 to 2016, he was the director of the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division at IFPRI. He also led the Global Research Program on Institutions and Infrastructure for Market Development and was the director for Latin America. Between 2016 and 2018, he ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Food And Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an international organization that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, ', translates to "let there be bread". It was founded on 16 October 1945. The FAO is composed of 195 members (including 194 countries and the European Union). Their headquarters is in Rome, Italy, and the FAO maintains regional and field offices around the world, operating in over 130 countries. It helps governments and development agencies coordinate their activities to improve and develop agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and water resources. It also conducts research, provides technical assistance to projects, operates educational and training programs, and collects data on agricultural output, produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
