Au cours des deux dernières décennies, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) a adopté la coopération Sud-Sud et triangulaire (CSST) comme une modalité de mise en oeuvre essentielle contribuant à catalyser le développement agricole, l’accès à la sécurité alimentaire, le développement rural, la réduction de la pauvreté et l’amélioration de la nutrition. Dès 2012, la FAO a renforcé son appui en faveur de la CSST et a étoffé le portefeuille correspondant, parallèlement à l’institutionnalisation progressive de ce domaine au sein de l’Organisation.

Sustainable agricultural development lies at the very heart of FAO’s mission to achieve food security and ensure that people everywhere have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active and healthy lives. Agrifood systems are driven by the men and women whose daily lives are dedicated to working on the land and on waters and to managing food systems. Their skills, toil and years of accumulated experience are the backbone of food systems — they propel communities and countries. The efforts of agricultural workers represent a vital force moving us towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. South-South...

The importance of South countries in global agrifood markets and trade has been increasing over the last two decades, with growth in their participation, as both exporters and importers, having outpaced that of North countries. South countries, as a group, are net exporters of fruits, vegetables, fats and oils, and tropical products such as coffee, tea, cocoa and sugar, and net importers of key food commodities such as cereals, meat and dairy products. These patterns reflect structural changes along the development path. Agricultural productivity growth has fuelled expansion in the production of some products, while population growth and urbanization, rapid economic growth and...

In 2008, due to the growing interest of other developing countries in learning about successful Brazilian policies in the area of food and nutrition security (FNS) and agriculture, the Brazilian Government initiated a partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to share Brazil's experience through South-South cooperation, based on FAO's comparative advantages. Under the scope of this partnership, the implementation of Trilateral South-South Cooperation projects for the benefit of developing countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa began in 2012, with technical support from Brazilian Cooperating Institutions (BCIs) such as the National Fund for Educational Development...

Cooperation between national NGOs in West and Central Africa has advanced transparency and legality objectives in the forest sector across the region. The FAO-EUForest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme has partnered with local NGOs to expand Independent Forest Monitoring activities by promoting regional cooperation. Independent forest observers are now better equipped to monitor the use of forest resources and participate in related decision-making processes.