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2014 Annual Report on FAO's projects and activities in support of cooperatives and producer organizations

Year of publication 2015

Pages 242 p.

Author Sara Vicari

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

Category Annual report

ISBN 978-92-5-108919-4

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The 2014 Annual Report on FAO's projects and activities in support of cooperatives and producer organizations (POs) provides evidence of how cooperatives and POs can be strategic partners for FAO and important agents of change, as clearly stressed in the FAO Strategic Framework 2010-2019. It is a yearly publication, now on its seventh edition. In the first place the 2014 Annual Report highlights key achievements obtained by FAO in 2014 in maintaining cooperatives and POs high on the global devel opment agenda. Main attention is paid to acknowledgments achieved at policy level on the role of collective action for food security, including within the process towards the definition of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. In the second place, the Report showcases main trends regarding FAO’s support to POs and cooperatives at global, regional and country level. Main findings from the survey carried out between January and March 2015 among FAO headquarter offices, units and decentralized offices are presented. It provides an analysis of implemented actions such as: capacity development for governmental officers as well as members of POs and cooperatives; support to the enabling environment; support to cooperatives’ and POs’ participation in policy dialogue; as well as the production of knowledge-sharing materials. A detailed review of projects and activities implemented at global, regional and country level is provided in the format of Annex for those readers who may wish to examine th em more in depth.

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