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Bhutanese farmers

In 1972, Bhutan welcomed its first FAO-assisted project, funded by the UNDP, marking the beginning of broader and more specialized development efforts. Bhutan became a member of the FAO in 1981, which led to a rapid expansion and diversification of the cooperation program into more specialized disciplines, enhancing capabilities in agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry. The FAO integrates a gender-responsive approach into project cycle management to ensure the sustainability of interventions and promote equitable growth. The focus is on ecosystem restoration and climate change adaptation and mitigation in the agricultural and forestry sectors, fostering synergies and balancing trade-offs between them.

 

Royal Government of Bhutan

FAO works closely with host governments to accomplish its mandate of helping countries to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. Our communication efforts will seek to reinforce partnership with the Royal Government of Bhutan, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock in particular.

 

UN Agencies 

FAO is at the heart of the UN development system (UNDS), leading efforts to tackle the world's most pressing challenges related to food and agriculture. To achieve its mandate of ending hunger, FAO collaborates closely with other UN agencies, funds and programmes, leveraging their respective strengths and comparative advantages.

Local Partners 

FAO works to increase and strengthen its partnerships with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the fight against hunger and poverty. FAO recognizes that CSOs play a critical role in the fight against hunger given their technical expertise, their proximity to and representation of the hungry and poor, and their increasing presence in the field.

International Organisations and Donors

FAO’s programme of work can only be implemented thanks to our generous resource partners who finance and support the Organization in leading global efforts to improve and transform our global food systems and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).