Since its establishment, the World Rural Forum has held 8 Global Conferences on Family Farming, attended by hundreds of the highest-level representatives from governments, international organizations, research centers, family farmers’ organizations, cooperatives and NGDOs from 5 continents. The generated debates have served to set and highlight action priorities in favor of family farming, which have been a clear reference at the international level.
A robust experience has been brought to this 8th Global Conference, which will unite the efforts of actors with extensive experience and representation to define how family farming can build a far-reaching commitment to a sustainable planet and to reducing inequalities.
FOOD SYSTEMS
In the face of the climate crisis and the unprecedented loss of biodiversity, there is an urgent need to transform FOOD SYSTEMS to make them more sustainable, resilient, inclusive and viable.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Comprehensive and innovative responses are therefore required from PUBLIC POLICIES that offer a leading role to family farmers in addressing the challenges of building food systems, inequity in the value chain and mitigating CLIMATE CHANGE, among others, while leveraging the multifunctional role of family farming.
UNITED NATIONS DECADE
UNITED NATIONS DECADE FOR FAMILY FARMING 2019-2028 adoptado por la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas el 20 de diciembre de 2017, reconoce expresamente la enorme contribución de la agricultura familiar a la Agenda 2030 de Desarrollo Sostenible y como clave para garantizar la seguridad alimentaria mundial, erradicar la pobreza, conservar la biodiversidad y lograr la sostenibilidad medioambiental.
FAMILY FARMING
FAMILY FARMING must lead the necessary transformation of food systems, but farmers alone will not do it, nor will they do it instantaneously.
