TCP funded interventions are the most frequent project type in FAO. Around 40 percent of all projects approved in a year are TCP funded, and in many countries, TCP constitutes a major part of the field programme.
FAO’s Governing Bodies have defined a set of TCP criteria that regulate the type of assistance that can be provided through the programme. Two of the criteria refer to strategic alignment. On the one hand, all TCP funded activities must contribute directly to at least one SDG target and one outcome of FAO’s Programme Priority Areas (PPAs). On the other hand, activities must respond to the priorities agreed with the Government, which are captured in the Country Programming Framework (CPF).
The CPF is directly derived from the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCF). UNSDCF outcomes and outputs relevant to FAO work, as well as related SDG targets and indicators, are copied verbatim into the CPF. The Annualized Resources Matrix of the CPF captures how TCP resources are being allocated in support of achieving CPF outputs and outcomes and, in turn, SDG targets and indicators.
All TCP funded activities are linked to FAO’s PPAs and SDGs during the approval process. It is therefore possible to establish how TCP expenditures contribute to related outcomes and targets.
The largest share of TCP expenditures is linked to Better Production (37 percent) and Better Life (33 percent). The remaining expenditures are related to Better Nutrition (16 percent), Better Environment (13 percent) and Objective 5: Technical quality, statistics, cross-cutting themes and accelerators (1 percent).
Expenditures were recorded against all PPAs. The five PPAs with the highest expenditure share are:
BP1: Innovation for sustainable agriculture production (15 percent)
BP4: Small-scale producers’ equitable access to resources (11 percent)
BL3: Agriculture and food emergencies (10 percent)
BL4: Resilient agri-food systems (10 percent)
BE1: Climate change mitigating and adapted agrifood systems (7 percent).
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Correspondingly, TCP alignment with SDGs continues to follow trends observed since 2018, with contributions recorded for all 17 SDGs. Most TCP expenditures in 2024/25 contributed to achieving SDG 2 and SDG 1. The four SDG targets with the highest contribution are:
2.4: Ensure sustainable food production systems (18 percent)
2.1: End hunger and ensure access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food for all (15 percent)
2.3: Double agricultural production and income of small-scale food producers (14 percent)
1.5: Build resilience of the vulnerable (13 percent)
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Publications
Technical Support to Enhance Capacity for Technology Transfer and Extension to Increase Production and Income for Farmers/Rural Population
03/07/2026
The agricultural and rural sectors, including livestock, forestry and fisheries, contribute roughly 20 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. These sectors have also been recognized for their potential to boost the country’s economic growth.
Support for Agri-Food Sector in the Near East and North Africa to Engage in the UNFCCC COP27
03/07/2026
The project contributed to the achievement of the SDGs by working with a variety of cross-cutting teams that emphasize: (i) nutrition and food security (SDG 2); (ii) gender-responsive climate action (SDG 5); (iii) water and adaptation (SDG 6); (iv) sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12); (v) climate action, climate policy and disaster risk reduction (SDG 13); and (vi) ecosystem restoration and management, and forests and adaptation (SDG 15).
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Improved Water Governance: towards Sustainable Agriculture Development
03/07/2026
The impact of climate change, characterized by reduced rainfall, elevated temperatures, declining water flows, and runoff, has led to the emergence of water scarcity as a potential threat in Azerbaijan.
Support in Institutional Capacity Building for Implementation of Ethiopia’s Forest Sector Development Programme
03/07/2026
In 2018, the Government of Ethiopia developed a ten-year National Forest Sector Development Programme (NFSDP) as a roadmap to guide resource mobilization, policy implementation and forestry actions.
Diseño e implementación de Estrategia Nacional de Educación Alimentaria y Nutricional para mejorar los entornos escolares saludables y apoyo a los marcos normativos relativos al Programa de Alimentación y Salud Escolar de El Salvador
03/07/2026
El Salvador continúa presentando diversos desafíos relacionados con la inseguridad alimentaria y nutricional, la cual se ve manifestada, por una triple carga de malnutrición
Propagation and Promotion of Local Seeds and Hybrids in Egypt
01/01/2025
With the increased focus on achieving progress in line with Egypt’s Sustainable Development Vision: 2030, there was a need to consolidate efforts to improve rural incomes and enhance food security. These two elements were also imbedded in the strategic objectives of the Sustainable Agricultural Development Strategy towards 2030...
Strengthen Capacity to Sustainably Improve Livelihoods in the Green Growth Economic Corridor through Development of Strategic Mechanisms to Bolster Partnerships and Resource Mobilization under Hand-In-Hand Initiative (HIHI)
01/01/2025
Despite significant economic growth over the past two decades, poverty and malnutrition remain high in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. A Food Systems Assessment carried out in 2021 indicated that the country was faced by a triple burden of undernutrition, emergent overnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies.
Enhancement of the National Phytosanitary System
01/01/2025
Ukraine is one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of grain, ranking among the top five global grain exporters with over 45 million tonnes of grain supplied annually to international markets.
Promotion de l’arbre pour la sécurité alimentaire et la protection de l’environnement
01/01/2023
En République démocratique du Congo, les problèmes de sous-alimentation et de malnutrition poussent les populations à multiplier les mécanismes de survie afin de subvenir aux besoins du ménage.
Identificación y fomento de inversiones para la recuperación económica post Covid-19 y transformación agrícola en territorios Hand in Hand
01/01/2024
A causa de la pandemia del COVID-19, a partir de 2020 Ecuador se enfrentó a una importante crisis económica. Según cifras del Banco Central del Ecuador, para el segundo trimestre del 2020, el PIB mostró un decrecimiento del 12,4 % respecto al mismo período en el 2019.