South-South and Triangular Cooperation

We supports our host governments in finding the right partners, in order to tap into the wealth of expertise and innovations from the Global South in a wide range of areas. These include:

• social protection and safety nets (with a focus on school feeding programmes)
• nutrition and food fortification
• empowering smallholder farmers and connecting them to markets
• rural development and poverty alleviation
• post-harvest loss management, disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation and early warning
• emergency preparedness and response to strengthen resilience building
• supply chain

WFP, under its Strategic Plan 2022-2025, will increase engagement as a SSTC broker across three main levels: driving change at the policy level; expanding the technical skills and capacities of national experts, and bringing local innovation and experimentation to scale.

Harnessing WFP’s extensive field presence with over 80 countries, WFP has brokered over 70 SSTC initiatives to date, driven by the demands of our host governments. These have generated benefits for the most vulnerable people at risk of, and suffering from, hunger and malnutrition in 69 countries across the world.  

Our approach involves providing expertise and support in the following 3 strategic areas:

Consolidating current SSTC efforts: WFP will scale up sustainable SSTC engagement in areas such as school meals, nutrition, safety nets and support for smallholder farmers' markets.

Responding to emerging demands: WFP will address increased country demand in supply chain management, emergency preparedness and response, disaster risk reduction, and anticipatory action.  

Ensuring quality and results: WFP will leverage its comparative advantages as an SSTC broker to deliver effective, innovative and inclusive solutions. 

You can learn more about WFP’s initiatives by contacting the SSTC Unit here.