The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have developed joint actions in the Latin American and Caribbean region with the common goal of eradicating hunger and malnutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development.

The three Rome-based agencies have faced many challenges in combining synergies amongst them to consolidate - from their respective potentialities - a solid and coordinated work to support the whole society.