{"id":30389,"date":"2025-02-26T03:10:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T21:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30389"},"modified":"2025-04-10T10:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T04:53:44","slug":"african-asian-rural-development-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/african-asian-rural-development-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"African-Asian Rural Development Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>African-Asian Rural Development Organization Latest News\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, 21st African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO) concluded and reaffirmed that development is strongest when rooted in community, driven by local knowledge, technology and south-south cooperation.<\/p>\n<h2>About African-Asian Rural Development Organization<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an autonomous <strong>inter-governmental Organization<\/strong> comprising country governments of <strong>Africa and Asia <\/strong>which was<strong> established in 1962.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The organization was set up with a view to promote coordinated efforts, exchange of experiences and cooperative action for furthering the <strong>objectives of development of the rural areas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The membership of the Organization is <strong>open to all countries of the Afro-Asian region<\/strong> provided that <strong>it is a full or associate member of the United Nations<\/strong> or any of its specialised agencies, organisations and foundations concerned with the development of rural communities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Member countries:<\/strong> Currently it comprises 32 countries of Africa and Asia as full members and 3 associate members<\/li>\n<li>It enjoys <strong>observer status<\/strong> with international organisations like <strong>Food and Agriculture Organization<\/strong> (FAO), <strong>International Fund for Agricultural Development<\/strong> (IFAD), <strong>United Nations Conference on Trade and Development <\/strong>(UNCTAD), <strong>United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization<\/strong> (UNESCO), <strong>United Nations Development Programme<\/strong> (UNDP).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters:<\/strong> New Delhi, India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Functions of African-Asian Rural Development Organization<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>To develop understanding among members for better appreciation of each other&#8217;s problems and to explore opportunities for collaboration of efforts for <strong>sustainable agricultural and rural development;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>To collaborate<\/strong> with the appropriate <strong>international and regional organizations,<\/strong> including UN agencies, the national bodies, governmental or non-governmental.<\/li>\n<li>To <strong>organize and facilitate<\/strong> the conduct of international, regional and in-country training programmes to strengthen the institutional capacity of Afro-Asian member countries in sustainable agriculture and rural development<\/li>\n<li>To <strong>initiate research and action research studies<\/strong> of specific or common interest and disseminate disaggregated data\/statistics and information to member countries;<\/li>\n<li>To <strong>provide technical and financial support<\/strong> to its member countries to undertake pilot projects for experimentation and replication;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>African-Asian Rural Development Organization FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1.<\/strong> What does AARDO stand for?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong> African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2.<\/strong> What is the Food and Agriculture Organization?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong> The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations leading international efforts to defeat hunger<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/aardo-to-ensure-develoment-reaches-to-remote-villages-of-asia-africa\/\" 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