News
Uganda contributes nearly $10 million to South-South Cooperation project with FAO and China
Uganda is contributing nearly $10 million to the latest phase of a South-South Cooperation projec
Today, South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) plays a greater role than ever before in promoting development and economic cooperation among the countries of the Global South. Over the past 20 years, developing countries have made enormous economic and social progress. They are widely recognized as knowledge holders, source of home-grown developments solutions, expertise and innovation that have huge potential to be adapted and scaled-up for the benefit of others.
SSTC is an expression of solidarity, mutual learning and horizontal partnerships among countries. SSTC provides a cost-effective framework for sharing knowledge and expertise through programmes, projects and initiatives.
FAO works with a wide range of actors to leverage transformative South-South and Triangular Cooperation Partnerships to support sustainable agriculture and agrifood systems in the Global South.
Watch South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) in FAO >
Download South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) Guidelines for Action >
Countries of the global South offer myriad development solutions, delivered in the forms of knowledge, experiences, good practices, innovative policies, technologies and resources, that can be adap
A capacity-building workshop on Promoting Rural Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship through Digital Innovation was successfully organized by the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division (P
The second annual Joint Project Steering Committee (JPSC) meeting of the project “Up-scaling the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme through triangular cooperation with the government of th
South–South and triangular cooperation (SSTC) can play a catalytic role in accelerating progress towards the SDGs.
Read moreSince 2020, FAO with the Republic of Korea is implementing a South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) project to enhance rice value chains in 3 target countries: Côte d’Ivoire, the United Repu
Read moreFAO has embraced South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC) as a key delivery modality to catalyze agricultural development, food security, rural development, poverty reduction and nutrition ove
Read moreTest
This publication outlines key features of South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) and how FAO has applied SSTC to the delivery of its mission. The case studies presented provide a window on how SSTC has contributed to alleviating hunger and malnutrition in countries across the global South and has helped build resilience in the face of climate change and other development challenges. The lessons learned from these experiences are feeding into the new FAO SSTC Guidelines for Action (2022–2025) and will guide FAO's future results-based SSTC programmes.
"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.
08/06
2022
28/06
2022
Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card's content. Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card's content.
16/06
2021
06/06
2022
Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card's content. Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card's content.
“The mutual sharing and exchange of knowledge, experience, technical and financial resources related to agriculture and food systems between two or more developing countries, as well as collective actions in pursuit of their individual and/or shared development objectives”.
“A development cooperation framework whereby two or more developing countries, alongside other development stakeholders, engage in mutually beneficial collaboration and exchanges with the support of a developed country(ies) and/or multilateral organization(s).”