For the past 18 years, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Brazil have worked together to build a partnership that has transformed South-South Cooperation, delivering concrete and sustainable results across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Launched in 2008, this longstanding partnership is built on dialogue, knowledge exchange, mutual learning and shared governance, promoting solutions tailored to local realities and geared towards sustainable development.
With a presence in every country in the region, the partnership strengthens cooperation networks, generates lasting impacts and contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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The Brazil–FAO South-South Cooperation Programme has contributed to the transformation of agrifood systems, the promotion of healthy diets and sustainable production through innovation and the strengthening of the technical and institutional capacities of partner countries, helping to create better conditions for sectors such as family farming.
Over the years, this cooperation has contributed to advancing structural policies, networks and initiatives aimed at strengthening family farming, access to land, food security, school feeding, food supply and marketing, support for strategic value chains such as cotton, and the promotion of strategies that improve the production, distribution and access to healthy foods from rural areas to cities.
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The environmental dimension is integrated into the Programme’s actions, addressing the challenges posed by climate change, the sustainable management of natural resources, the links between climate and food, and the inclusion of vulnerable populations.
Implemented jointly by the Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ABC/MRE) and FAO, this partnership brings together at least 13 cooperating Brazilian institutions that share successful public policies, promote the exchange of good practices, strengthen networks and institutional spaces for policy dialogue at the regional and subregional levels, generating mutual benefits among countries of the Global South.