Addeke Hendrik Boerma

Addeke Hendrik Boerma (April 3 1912 – March 8, 1992) was a Dutch civil servant who served as the first Executive Director of the World Food Programme from 1962-1967 and as the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization from 1967 until 1976.[1]

Boerma in 1970

Early life and education

Boerma came from a farming family and went to school in Veendam. From 1929 to 1934 he studied horticulture and agricultural economics at the Wageningen University and Research Agricultural School.

Career

After university, Boerma became a government commissioner for arable farming and animal husbandry and, in 1938, went to work for the National Agency for Wartime Food Supply on preparations for food supply in the Netherlands in wartime. In October 1944, he went to the already liberated south of the Netherlands to prepare the food supply and the sending of relief supplies.[2]

For his services during and after the war, Boerma was made a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion and a Commander in the Order of Leopold.[3]

World Food Program

Beginning in 1947, Boerma held various positions at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. He also became the first Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program in 1962. In 1967, he was elected Director General of the FAO. He initiated a reorganization of the NGO and focused on poverty issues.[4] He retired from civil service in 1976.

Boerma spent his final years in Austria before his death in 1992.[5]

References
  1. "U.N.'s Expert on Food; Addeke Hendrik Boerma". The New York Times. 1962-09-06. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  2. Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (2019-05-01). FAO: Challenges and Opportunities in a Global World. Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 9789251314111.
  3. owner, No (2013-11-12). "Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland - deel 6". resources.huygens.knaw.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  4. "A.H. Boerma Award| FAO Awards| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations". www.fao.org. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  5. "Boerma, Addeke Hendrik". Biographical Dictionary - s9.com. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
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