FAO and EU Partnership

Title Creating Employment in Agriculture Sector in Mongolia - GCP/MON/014/EC
Introduction “Support to Employment Creation in Mongolia” ( SECiM ) was implemented between February 2016 and June 2021. Its aim was to contribute to inclusive and sustainable development in Mongolia by promoting quality employment. SECiM had two components. The current project implemented Component 2, designed to create private sector employment in the livestock and vegetable sector value chains (VCs).
Start date 01/02/2016
End date 30/06/2021
Recipient / Target Areas Mongolia
Budget USD 4 668 897
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/MON/014/EC
Title Strengthening Capacities of Smallholder Rice Producers in Iringa District - GCP/URT/148/EC
Introduction Agriculture is a prominent sector for the United Republic of Tanzania’s economic development, contributing around 24 percent of GDP, and employing 65 percent of the working population. In this context, rice is the second most important crop in the country, and is mostly grown by farmers as a cash crop for local and regional markets.
Start date 01/07/2017
End date 31/12/2020
Recipient / Target Areas United Republic of Tanzania
Budget USD 1 685 796
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/URT/148/EC
Title Extensión agrícola y nutricional de las mancomunidades de Eurosan-Occidente en Honduras - GCP/HON/046/EC
Introduction La extrema pobreza a la que se ven sometidos los habitantes del Corredor seco de Honduras, donde las mujeres, jóvenes rurales, menores de cinco años y población indígena, sufren desnutrición crónica, sumado a las sequías y precipitaciones irregulares, hace que los costes de producción sean elevados, los alimentos caros y en consecuencia los rendimientos obtenidos menores.
Start date 01/06/2016
End date 30/04/2021
Recipient / Target Areas Honduras
Budget 7 034 056 USD
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/HON/046/EC
Title Devolved Land Reform in Community Lands of Kenya - GCP/KEN/085/EC
Introduction Secure tenure and effective land governance are strongly related to social, economic and ecological development. The eradication of hunger, malnutrition and poverty, enhanced economic and social development, and the sustainable use of natural resources depend primarily on how people, communities and other players gain access to land, fisheries and forest resources.
Start date 01/09/2016
End date 31/03/2022
Recipient / Target Areas Kenya
Budget USD 11 246 157
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/KEN/085/EC
Title Improving Livelihoods and Food Security of Rural Populations in Tajikistan through Strengthened Agricultural Institutions - GCP/TAJ/013/EC
Introduction In August 2012, the Government of Tajikistan approved the Agriculture Reform Programme (ARP) 2012-2020 with a view to supporting agricultural reform in the country, thereby driving plans and policies to reduce poverty, strengthening the livelihoods of rural populations and improving donor coordination
Start date 01/01/2016
End date 31/03/2022
Recipient / Target Areas Tajikistan
Budget USD 5 712 955
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/TAJ/013/EC
Title Strengthening non-State Mechanisms for Land Tenure in Darfur to Achieve Peaceful and Sustainable Development - GCP/SUD/074/EC
Introduction Land ownership and rights to tenure and utilization of resources have been at the core of conflict in Darfur for decades. The formalization of the land laws in the 1970s, in which all unregistered land became the property of the state, ignored the traditional systems in place for centuries and weakened the native administration that governed land use.
Start date 01/05/2016
End date 31/03/2022
Recipient / Target Areas Sudan
Budget EUR 3 000 000
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/SUD/074/EC
Title Integración socio económica para la paz en Colombia - GCP/COL/101/EC
Introduction El conflicto armado de Colombia, prorrogado durante más de cinco décadas, ha afectado negativamente a las expectativas de vida de la población. Mediante proyectos de integración socio cultural y comunitaria en busca de la paz, se consiguió disminuir las tensiones y un crecimiento social y económico en regiones muy pobres y vulnerables al conflicto.
Start date 01/05/2018
End date 30/06/2021
Recipient / Target Areas Colombia
Budget USD 2 479 600
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/COL/101/EC
Title Generating Renewable Energy and Creating Green Jobs to Improve Livelihoods for Refugees and Host Communities in MAFRAQ Governorate - GCP/JOR/017/EC
Introduction Jordan has been severely impacted by the crisis in the neighbouring Syrian Arab Republic, with Mafraq Governorate in particular hosting one of the largest populations of Syrian refugees. The project aimed to enhance the economic growth potential of the local economy of Mafraq, and particularly of Zaatari municipality, through an innovative intervention promoting private sector enterprise development and stimulating the creation of decent green jobs in an environmentally sustainable manner.
Start date 01/01/2016
End date 30/06/2021
Recipient / Target Areas Jordan
Budget 3 298 220 USD
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/JOR/017/EC
Title Manejo integrado marino-costero de alto valor para la biodiversidad en el Ecuador - GCP/ECU/084/GFF
Introduction El frente costero del Ecuador, de alta biodiversidad en los ecosistemas de manglar y playas de anidación de tortugas marinas, tenía cuatro especies en peligro, principalmente por exceso de turismo, desechos, depredadores, y acciones imprudentes de pescadores, lo que, unido a la falta de recursos, poca colaboración con las autoridades, y escasas normativas y leyes, habían generado una inadecuada gestión, creando zonas degradadas.
Start date 01/02/2016
End date 31/08/2121
Recipient / Target Areas Ecuador
Budget 4 258 788 USD
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/ECU/084/GFF
Title Restoring Water Supply for Food Production and Livelihoods in Post-Conflict Areas in Iraq - GCP/IRQ/071/EC
Introduction The impact of conflict on the agricultural sector in Iraq has been devastating, and includes damage to water systems, irrigation facilities, and other agricultural infrastructure, the disruption of value chains, and loss of personal assets, crop and livestock production, and food supplies. In this context, the North Al Jazeera irrigation project, which was launched in the early 1990s to serve an area of 70 000 ha, was severely damaged during the years of conflict in the country.
Start date 01/05/2018
End date 30/06/2022
Recipient / Target Areas Iraq
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/IRQ/071/EC
Title Revival of Balochistan Water Resources Programme (RBWRP) - GCP/PAK/159/EC
Introduction Men and women stakeholders in selected river sub basins sustainably and equitably manage scarce water and rangeland resources and make transition to low water use food systems.
Start date 01/04/2022
End date 30/09/2026
Recipient / Target Areas Pakistan
Budget USD 30 445 177
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/PAK/159/EC
Title FAO Complementary Support to the Cambodia Programme for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in the Fisheries Sector: Capture component (CAPFISH Capture) - GCP/CMB/043/EC
Introduction The main objective of the project is to ensure a more sustainable, climate-resilient and inclusive growth of Cambodia freshwater and marine fisheries.
Start date 01/08/2019
End date 31/12/2025
Recipient / Target Areas Cambodia
Budget USD 18 961 798
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/CMB/043/EC
Title Sécurisation des systèmes pastoraux à Djibouti - GCP/DJI/004/EC
Introduction Principal moyen de subsistance pour 30 pour cent de la population djiboutienne, l’élevage représente 75 pour cent de PIB agricole. Depuis plusieurs années, des sécheresses récurrentes ont entraîné une diminution massive des ressources en eau et du couvert végétal sur de nombreuses zones de parcours.
Start date 02/06/2014
End date 30/09/2019
Recipient / Target Areas Djibouti
Budget EUR 6 547 778
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/DJI/004/EC
Title Gobernanza de la tierra en áreas protegidas de parques nacionales naturales de Colombia - GCP/COL/069/EC
Introduction Gobernanza de la tierra en áreas protegidas de parques nacionales naturales de Colombia - GCP/COL/069/EC.
Start date 02/05/2016
End date 31/03/2020
Recipient / Target Areas Colombia
Budget 3 628 118 USD
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/COL/069/EC
Title Improving Water Harvesting and Livestock Rearing in Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - GCP/EGY/026/EC
Start date 17/03/2017
End date 28/02/2020
Recipient / Target Areas Egypt
Budget USD 960 516
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/EGY/026/EC
Title Evidence-Based Policy-Making to Boost the Sustainable Development of the Fisheries Sector in the Western Central Atlantic - GCP/SLC/020/EC
Introduction During the early 2010s, the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) expressed the need for increased attention to improved fisheries data and information collection as a basis for better fisheries management in the region.
Start date 01/11/2019
End date 31/08/2022
Budget USD 177 696
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/SLC/020/EC
Title Developing Sustainable and Inclusive Agrifood Systems in the Northwest Region of Azerbaijan
Start date 02/12/2019
End date 30/11/2022
Recipient / Target Areas Azerbaijan
Budget USD 1 320 132
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/AZE/014/EC
Title Meeting the Undernutrition Challenge (MUCH) in Bangladesh
Introduction The Government of Bangladesh has set access to food and nutritious diets as one of its priorities. Thanks to the government’s pro-poor policies, an increase in maternal literacy and improved access to health and hygiene services, the country has achieved remarkable success in reducing stunting in children under the age of five in recent decades, and the prevalence of undernourishment dropped from 16 percent in 2016 to 10 percent in 2020.
Start date 02/01/2017
End date 31/05/2023
Recipient / Target Areas Bangladesh
Budget USD 8 492 568
Donor European Union
Project Code GCP/BGD/063/EC