Achieving the objectives of the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31 and the global goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda requires high levels of collaboration across the board. Strategic partnerships, particularly with non-state actors (NSAs), are vital and bring transformative, added value to FAO's work. FAO continues to strengthen its engagement with NSAs – including civil society organizations (CSOs), cooperatives and producers’ organizations, parliamentarians, Indigenous Peoples, academia and research institutions (ARIs). The Partnerships with Non-State Actors at FAO: Progress report 2022 outlines FAO’s work with these key actors over the...

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y el Foro Rural Mundial (FRM) han renovado su colaboración a través de un nuevo Memorando de Entendimiento (MdE), reafirmando su creencia compartida de que los agricultores y las agricultoras familiares desempeñan un papel crucial para lograr la transformación de los sistemas agroalimentarios y los objetivos de la Agenda 2030. Este nuevo MdE proporciona un marco de tres años que...

In August 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (AsiaDHRRA) have renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for an additional five years.  Together, the parties have recommitted to support rural organizations and family farmers’ organizations on the road to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. FAO and AsiaDHRRA have a long history of collaboration, preceding the formalization of the partnership via MoU...

Rome - On 6-7 June 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a two-day informal dialogue at FAO’s headquarters with civil society organizations from around the world to take stock of good practices in FAO-CSO relations and explore ways to foster meaningful engagement at all levels. FAO worked with the organizational support of the International Planning Committee on Food Sovereignty to bring over 30 CSO representatives to Rome.  After years of predominantly virtual interactions due to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, this dialogue provided a...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in late January 2023 committing to foster the mobilization of family farmers and their organizations across the Asia region and promote agroecology, climate resilience, inclusive value chains and rural services. The formal collaboration will help move both organizations on the road to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. FAO and AFA have a long history of collaboration, dating...