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The goal of the FAO is to achieving food security for all, "raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy."
A food desert is an area in the industrialized world where there is limited access to affordable, nutritional food. From the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service