The Nations accepting this Constitution, being determined to promote the common welfare by furthering separate and collective action on their part for the purpose of: raising levels of nutrition and standards of living of the peoples under their respective jurisdictions;securing improvements in the efficiency of the production and distribution of all food and agricultural products; bettering the condition of rural populations; and thus contributing toward an expanding world economy
and ensuring humanity's freedom from hunger
;hereby establish the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, hereinafter referred to as the " Organization," through which the Members will report to one another on the measures taken and the progress achieved in the field of action set forth above.
