Announcing the UN Decade of Family Farming...

The UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF) aims to shed new light on what it means to be a family farmer in a rapidly changing world and highlights more than ever before the important role they play in eradicating hunger and shaping our future of food. Family farming offers a unique opportunity to ensure food security, improve livelihoods, better manage natural resources, protect the environment and achieve sustainable development, particularly in rural areas. Thanks to their wisdom and care for the earth, family farmers are the agents of change we need to achieve Zero Hunger, a more balanced and resilient planet, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (FAO, 2022).

Through their Global Action Plan UNDFF provides detailed guidance for the international community on collective, coherent and comprehensive actions that can be taken to support family farmers. The Plan is designed around seven mutually reinforcing pillars of work and recommends a series of interconnected actions from the local to the global level (UNDFF, 2022).

UNDFF needs your help to collecting stories that showcase the contributions of family farmers and/or highlight the challenges they face. The stories can come from farmers themselves, but also from the people or institutions that work with farmers. Participants can use the template provided as a basis for stories. Please consider submitting your story with photos to undff@fao.org to have it featured on the UNDFF’s website!

Long live Family Farms and their Supporters!
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https://www.fao.org/family-farming-decade/home/en/
https://www.fao.org/3/ca4672en/ca4672en.pdf
https://www.fao.org/family-farming/home/en/
https://www.fao.org/3/cb7496en/cb7496en.pdf