Development Partnership

Recently, FAO has been a development partner of international aid agencies and governments, such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB); European Community (EC); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); The Government of Italy; Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); The World Bank; United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United States Aid for International Development (USAID), Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Department for International Development (DFID), the Spanish Government, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), the Belgium Government and the Netherlands Government.
The total funding for different types of programmes and projects implemented by FAO, as June 2011, is summarized in the following table.
Under the FAO’s global food security programme, a trilateral technical cooperation agreement between FAO, Pakistan and Government of Swaziland has been singed under the TCDC and South-South Cooperation.
In addition, FAO with the help of partners provided timely support to the farming families affected by the devastating earthquake in 2005 and massive flood in 2010 and helped them resume their farming-based livelihoods in the affected areas.