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The Multipartner Programme Support Mechanism (FMM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is an innovative fund for partners willing to contribute to FAO’s work through unearmarked or slightly earmarked funds. The funds are used strategically to support progress towards a world without hunger or poverty, and where natural resources are used sustainably.

BRICS countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) have taken the lead in recent global policy dialogues on economic, social and environmental issues. They are home to 3.1 billion people, representing 42 percent of the world’s population. Combined, BRICS have achieved the Millennium Development Goal of halving the prevalence of undernourishment by 2015. Building on their experience in reducing hunger, BRICS countries have also been instrumental in initiating mechanisms of South-South cooperation by supporting and promoting the establishment of nutrition-sensitive social protection systems in other developing countries. 

South-South Cooperation (SSC) is playing a greater role than ever before in the development cooperation landscape. Innovation in the global South is generating new tools and partnerships for tackling issues of food insecurity, poverty reduction and sustainable agriculture. The South offers wide-ranging development solutions – knowledge, experiences and good practices, innovative policies, technology, know-how, and resources – that have proven costeffective and have huge potential to be shared, adapted and adopted. The strategy is a response to growing demand from member countries to benefit from experiences of other Southern countries. It was adopted in 2013 after extensive consultations with national governments,...

Cette publication présente le travail de la FAO en matière de développement et de renforcement des indicateurs mesurant l’alimentation, l’agriculture et l’utilisation durable des ressources naturelles, et met en lumière les 21 indicateurs relatifs aux ODD dont la FAO est l’organisme garant. Elle décrit, en outre, comment l’Organisation aide les pays à mesurer les progrès et à appréhender le lien entre le contrôle et le développement de politiques pour réaliser les ODD.

  Cette publication présente les leçons apprises par les Fronts parlementaires contre la faim en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes quant aux initiatives législatives qui protègent le droit à une alimentation adéquate. Le document détaille les leçons apprises sur le fonctionnement des Fronts parlementaires et leurs mécanismes, et fait le résumé des...