Partnerships are core to FAO’s strategy to achieve its objectives, and as part of this work, FAO has significantly strengthened its connections with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) over the past few years. Since the launch of the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31, which calls for transformative partnerships to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), FAO is pursuing strategic engagement with CSOs, capitalizing on their breadth and diversity of expertise and characteristics, necessary to transforming agrifood systems and overcoming complex global challenges. FAO seeks close collaboration with CSOs...

In a significant move towards enhancing the use of radio in rural areas as a means to help achieve sustainable agrifood systems in Africa, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Farm Radio International signed a Letter of Intent on 15 February 2024. The primary objective of this collaboration is to drive inclusive rural communication services that can help to advance family farming and the sustainability of agrifood systems. It will also address communication challenges faced by rural communities across Africa and empower farmers with sustainable agricultural practices, contributing...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Mabunduka Agro Farmers Association have signed a Letter of Intent on 7 December expressing their interest in working together on green job opportunities in agriculture in Sierra Leone. While agriculture remains the largest employer in the world, it is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, the largest user, and a significant polluter of water, and can cause both land degradation and loss of biodiversity. However, the agriculture sector can be part of the solution. Creating green jobs...

In a momentous move towards enhancing transformative partnerships, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Science Council (ISC) signed a Letter of Intent on October 31 to bolster science-policy interfaces for agrifood systems.   Collective expertise of FAO and ISC will accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in eradicating hunger, malnutrition, and poverty.   “Collaborations like this one between FAO and ISC are key to the...

Achieving the objectives of the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31 and the global goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda requires high levels of collaboration across the board. Strategic partnerships, particularly with non-state actors (NSAs), are vital and bring transformative, added value to FAO's work. FAO continues to strengthen its engagement with NSAs – including civil society organizations (CSOs), cooperatives and producers’ organizations, parliamentarians, Indigenous Peoples, academia and research institutions (ARIs). The Partnerships with Non-State Actors at FAO: Progress report 2022 outlines FAO’s work with these key actors over the...