Donors
Financing Institutions
Private Sector
Civil Society
International Institutions
Donors
Bilateral and multilateral donors are vital to the success of the SPFS/NPFS/RPFS, providing funding, guidance on FAO food security policy, and sometimes support to approved projects.
The Government of Italy has contributed over US$57 million to the FAO Trust Fund for Food Security - a percentage will go directly to SPFS projects at both the national and regional levels.
The Government of Spain has supported programmes in Latin America and Africa with US$51.3 million up to 2009, while the contribution from the Government of Japan totals over US$35.5 million.
Other donors currently contributing to the SPFS/NPFS/RPFS include:
Financing Institutions
A number of financial institutions work with FAO on the development and implementation of the SPFS programmes, especially Regional Development Banks. FAO and the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB) work in partnership with 3 regional economic organizations (CARICOM/CARIFORUM, CAN, CORECA-CAC and MERCOSUR) in Latin America and the Caribbean. They work together in the regional fight against poverty, by spearheading regional and subregional strategies, programmes and projects aimed at improving sustainable agricultural and rural development and food security.
The West African Development Bank (BOAD) finances SPFS projects with over US$27 million. The African Development Bank (AfDB) provides project financing for the SPFS projects in eight African countries - Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique and Tanzania - with a budget of approximately US$1 million for each project. The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) finances several projects, the latest is a SCC project between Gambia and Bangladesh.
Other financing institutions currently contributing to the SPFS/NPFS/RPFS are:
Private Sector
The fight against hunger is a joint effort between public and private institutions. As the private sector is a dominant engine of growth in today's world, FAO is committed to its involvement in the SPFS.
Two private sector organizations, the International Fertilizer Industry Association and the agricultural machinery company New Holland, have provided support to SPFS activities in Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Eritrea, Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania.
Civil Society
Partnership with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) is inherent in the SPFS approach. The SPFS offers opportunities to compare and learn from the experiences of both FAO and CSOs in the field. The SPFS also brings the constraints perceived by farmers at the local level, to the attention of policy-makers at higher levels. In some countries like Senegal, farmers' organizations have been involved from the earliest identification and planning phases, and CSOs are being subcontracted to implement specific activities.
International Institutions
Over the past decade, several international institutions have contributed to FAO food security projects. Among these is the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), which is a centre of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). IPFRI produced studies on socio-economic constraints to food security in several countries, which were used to formulate SPFS projects at the national level.
Other organizations that have contributed to the SPFS are the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Pacific Forum Line (PFL), and theUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
