FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme

South-South Cooperation is a broad framework for collaboration among developing countries based on the concept of solidarity that breaks the traditional dichotomy between donors and recipients.

It is playing a greater role than ever before in the international development cooperation landscape and innovation in the South is generating new tools and partnerships for tackling issues of food insecurity, poverty and sustainable agriculture.

Key results of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme:

• More than 70 000 direct beneficiaries at the grassroots level in rural areas, and several hundred thousand indirect beneficiaries;
• Hundreds of affordable, scalable technological innovations adapted to the local context;
• 1 000 trainees from over 100 countries attended 48 high-level capacity development events (study tours, training courses, workshops, seminars, expert meetings, policy dialogues, symposiums and fora;
• More than 290 experts and technicians from China deployed in 12 countries

Original source: FAO
Published on 05 December 2019