In November 2023, the IFADTERM collection migrated to the United Nations Terminology Database (https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/). The collection is therefore no longer maintained in the FAO Term Portal. For further information, please contact: [email protected]

We are pleased to announce that a User's Manual for the FAO Term Portal is now available. You can retrieve the English version from the Help tab or click here.

This thematic collection contains the FAO's structure and staff titles in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish (some records also contain Italian), plus the iRecruitment terms used in the vacancy announcements issued by FAO.

A multilingual listing of relevant terms and definitions associated with the phytosanitary systems worldwide has been developed to provide a harmonized internationally agreed vocabulary on implementation of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs).  

Due to the need to adapt our terminological database to the new FAO template, we have released a new version of the FAO Term Portal, with FAOTERM, our historical database, the Names of Countries and Territories database (NOCS), as well as the thematic glossaries developed with interested partners all on...