Partnerships
Main activities
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is convinced that hunger and malnutrition can be eradicated in our lifetime. To meet the Zero Hunger Challenge, political commitment and major alliances with key stakeholders are crucial. Partnerships are at the heart of FAO’s mission to help build consensus for a world without hunger. The effectiveness and credibility of the Organization as a policy-making forum and unique multilingual centre of excellence, knowledge and technical expertise depends to a considerable degree on its ability to work and develop strategic partnerships. Only through effective collaboration with governments, civil society, private sector, academia, research centres and cooperatives, and making use of each other’s knowledge and comparative advantages, can food insecurity be defeated.
FAO partnerships report 2025
2026
The FAO partnerships report 2025 looks at FAO's global collaborations with non-state actors – the private sector, civil society organizations, and academic and research institutions – which are crucial in tackling complex issues and in driving progress towards shared objectives. It also showcases how FAO’s multistakeholder and transformative partnerships bring together diverse actors and expertise to deliver sustainable and scalable results across sectors, regions and contexts.
FAO strategy for private sector engagement 2026–2030
2026
The FAO Strategy for Private Sector Engagement 2026–2030 builds on more than a decade of progress, stemming from the FAO Strategy for Partnerships with the Private Sector (2013) and the FAO Strategy for Private Sector Engagement 2021–2025. This new iteration marks a renewed, action-oriented and forward-looking approach to strengthening partnerships with the private sector in support of the FAO four betters.
FAO’s partnerships with non-state actors
2024
Unity is the cornerstone of FAO’s mission to address global challenges and achieve food security and nutrition for all, leaving no one behind. This report summarizes FAO’s partnership activities with non-state actors in 2024 – including academia and research institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector.
FAO's Quick Guide to South-South Cooperation
2023
The Guide takes readers through a step by step process on how to engage in South-South Cooperation as a complementary instrument to North-South Cooperation, as a means to deliver on FAO’s mandate and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It also provides [...]
Partner with FAO
As a specialized agency of the United Nations, FAO offers its partners a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of efforts to achieve Zero Hunger. Any organization interested in working together to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition is invited to
join us.
