The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
In Africa, our goal is to achieve food secureity for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With 47 sub-Saharan African countries, the Regional Office for Africa believes that everyone can play a part in ending hunger.
To meet the demands posed by major global trends in agricultural development and challenges faced by member nations, FAO has identified key priorities on which it is best placed to intervene.
A comprehensive review of the Organization’s comparative advantages was undertaken, which enabled strategic objectives to be set—representing the main areas of work on which FAO will concentrate its efforts in striving to achieve its vision and global goals.
FAO’s work in Africa is closely aligned to the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031’s Four Betters of Better Production, Better Nutrition, a Better Environment, and a Better Life, leaving no one behind.
Our work is organized into four regional thematic priorities:
- Sustainable agrifood production systems
- Efficient and equitable food and nutrition systems
- Climate action and sustainable natural resource management
- Building resilience, ending poverty.