WFP, FAO and IFAD, all based in Rome, often combine their expertise in agriculture, food aid and rural development.
Within the UN family, the mandates of the three Rome-based agencies - WFP, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - complement one another.
Each is working to fulfill the World Food Summit's aim of eradicating global hunger and poverty: WFP with food aid, FAO through its technical expertise in agriculture and IFAD via international financial assistance.
Increasingly, the three agencies are finding joint solutions to dealing with emergencies and promoting recovery and development. One of the ways they work together is through the International Alliance Against Hunger, a partnership of governmental and non-governmental organizations, service and religious organizations and the private sector.
WFP, FAO and IFAD joint activities are designed to help create conditions in rural areas that will allow the hungry poor to participate more actively in the local economy.
The projects include providing food to protect the distribution of seeds and supporting community infrastructure and agricultural extension activities WFP and FAO carried out 25 Joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Missions in Africa and Asia.
WFP projects implemented jointly with IFAD included rural infrastructure development and micro-finance activities.
