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B) Cooperation
Boosting food security and overcoming hunger requires cooperation on many levels—
bilateral, regional, and international. Bilateral cooperation includes research collaboration,
the provision of technical guidance, and humanitarian and development assistance.
Regional organizations provide national policy and technical guidance, in addition to
shaping regional policies in the face of food insecurity drivers. These policies include
establishing regional markets and reserves, encouraging regional research collaboration
and adapting global best practices to regional settings. They also help effectively manage
common transboundary resources and pests. Regional organizations can also play an
important role in monitoring and evaluating performance, expenditures and aid flows.
International organizations may support regional and national efforts to combat food
insecurity by providing information, monitoring, and evaluation tools. They can also
coordinate responses to global crises related to food insecurity and malnutrition.
International organizations facilitate and develop global response frameworks in the face
of food insecurity drivers and provide technical food security guidance for national and
regional entities. International development and aid organizations also provide foodor cash
assistance for countries facing food security crises.62
62 FAO. (2017). Global Strategic Framework for Food Security& Nutrition(GSF). Retrieved from