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FAO, IFAD arrange family farmers international meeting
28.05.2019 19:04 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of last week Sun, an international meeting co-organized by FAO and IFAD to discuss challenges and opportunities for family farming, took place within Rome, FAO reports.
It is to be admitted, the meeting was arranged ahead of the launch on Wed (29 May) of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF, 20192028). The meeting was attended by about 300 participants from various countries.
While speaking within the meeting, the President of the UN General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, said the family farmers, who are on the frontline of global efforts to fight undernourishment and other forms of malnutrition and to promote healthy eating, require stronger support amid rising hunger and obesity around the world.
«In a world where one third of the food produced is lost or wasted and one third of land is used for livestock production, they are vital socioeconomic actors who can support improved livelihoods, job creation, community cohesion, and development within rural areas,» she said.
As to Espinosa, the family farmers presently make an essential contribution to safeguarding agrobiodiversity and traditional knowledge, in the context of alarming warnings that nearly 1 million plants and animal species are at risk of extinction.
«We also have a huge challenge ahead both in terms of inequality and quality of food worldwide», she said highlighting that the world is witnessing a simultaneous worrisome rise of hunger and obesity rates.
«From pastoralists to indigenous peoples, forest dwellers, family farmers make a crucial contribution to the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development,» she summed up.
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