In 2009, Eswatini welcomed its first FAO-assisted project, funded by the European Union, marking the beginning of broader and more specialized development efforts. Eswatini became a member of the FAO in 1971, which led to a rapid expansion and diversification of the cooperation program into more specialized disciplines, enhancing capabilities in agriculture, forestry, livestock, and aquaculture. 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.
The effectiveness and credibility of FAO as a policy-making forum and unique multilingual centre of excellence, knowledge, and technical expertise depend on a considerable degree on its ability to work and develop strategic partnerships. Only through effective collaboration with partners, can food insecurity be defeated.
To access the latest information, guidance, statistics, and up-to-date data. The organization has the latest figures and guidance on issues related to food and agriculture, from production to consumption. FAO provides universal standards and guidelines, as well as regulating policies, international treaties, codes of conduct, and other binding and non-binding instruments, all on a global scale.
Furthermore, FAO has an extensive network of regional, sub-regional and national offices, as well as a wide range of relationships with various stakeholders. FAO can establish the necessary connections to implement shared priorities, investments, and objectives. In addition, the organization is an independent, neutral, objective, and honest intermediary that promotes multidisciplinary partnerships and can facilitate communication between governments, and partners.
FAO works to ensure food security, advance sustainable development, and promote rural development worldwide, especially for small farmers through innovation and digitalization.
FAO has a long-standing and close cooperation with continental and subregional intergovernmental bodies, most notably with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the New Partnerships for African Development (NEPAD). FAO also collaborates with Regional Economic Commissions (RECs) including:
FAO works closely with host governments to accomplish its mandate of helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our communication efforts will seek to reinforce our partnership with the Government of Eswatini and the Ministry of Agriculture in particular.
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs
- Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
- Ministry of Health
- Ministry of Education and Training
- Deputy Prime Ministers Office
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Economic Planning and Development
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy
- Ministry of Sports, Culture and Youth
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. FAO collaborates closely with other UN agencies, funds and programmes to achieve its goal of ending hunger, leveraging their respective strengths and comparative advantages.
FAO works to increase and strengthen its partnerships with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and public and private partners 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.
FAO’s programme of work can only be made possible, 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).