Gorta was established in 1965 as Gorta: The Freedom from Hunger Council of Ireland after the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) called upon the Irish government to create a hunger-related agency that would raise general awareness and public support for long-term agricultural development.
Over its five-decade history Gorta has funded small and large-scale agricultural development projects in close to 50 countries across Africa, Asia, South and Central America [REF].