International Institute of Agriculture

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The International Institute of Agriculture was an early 20th-century intergovernmental organization based in Rome that coordinated international agricultural statistics and information, serving as a forerunner to the modern Food and Agriculture Organization.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural organization
intergovernmental organization
international organization
continent Europe
country Italy
describedAs forerunner of the Food and Agriculture Organization
dissolved 1946
fieldOfWork agricultural economics
agricultural statistics
agriculture
rural development
foundedAtLocation Rome
foundedBy David Lubin
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
hasHeadquartersInBuilding Villa Umberto I (Rome)
hasMainOrgan General Assembly of member states
International Commission of Agriculture
Permanent Bureau
hasMotto to combat rural poverty through knowledge and cooperation
hasPublication Bulletin of agricultural statistics
International agricultural yearbook
hasSuccessor Food and Agriculture Organization
headquartersLocation Rome
inception 1905
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
Italian
legalForm treaty-based organization
locatedIn Rome
memberOf League of Nations system
operatedIn 20th century
purpose collection of international agricultural statistics
dissemination of agricultural information
promotion of international cooperation in agriculture
replacedBy Food and Agriculture Organization
scope worldwide
shortName IIA
significantEvent creation of a worldwide network of agricultural correspondents
integration of its functions into the Food and Agriculture Organization in 1946
subjectHasRole central clearinghouse for agricultural information
workArea agricultural prices
agricultural trade statistics
crop production statistics
food supply
livestock statistics


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