Commitments to action

Statement of Action - Small-scale and family farmers

CARE, IFAD, Netherlands Food Partnership,Rabo Foundation, Rabobank, ISEA:, Global Farmer Network, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture’, Solidaridad (TBC), IDH: The Sustainable Trade Initiative (TBC), Unilever (TBCO

There are ~500 mln small scale and family farmers globally
~80% of the food consumed in Asia and Sub Saharan Africa is produced by these farmers
They, therefore, play a key role in the food system transitions in developing economies and local food systems and can be considered as real ‘change agents’
There are many public and private initiatives addressing the need to improve their incomes and livelihoods
However a key challenge is the fragmentation of service provision, where many operators tend to be small in size, so the key is creating awareness and innovative structures that strengthen the complementarity
This Summit delivers powerful action agendas to address precisely this and empower the role of small-scale and family farmers as change agents.
By unlocking 1. access to technical services/upskilling and 2. access to markets (finance, technology, innovation)
We call on the member states to support these initiatives and action coalitions that will help build these action agendas with the support of the RBA’s: e.g. 100% Living Incomes / Wages, Local Food Systems, Food Producers Declaration and Digitized Smallholder Ecosystems

Constituency

Academic
Civil society
Private sector
Producer organizations

Action Area(s)

Advance Equitable Livelihoods, Decent Work, & Empowered Communities

Location

Global

Key contact

Karl Deering IFAD – Thouraya Triki NFP – Myrtille Danse Rabo Foundation – Alexander Meyer Rabobank – Suzanne van Tilburg ISEAL – Kristin Komives Global Farmer Network – Mary Boote Roth Syngenta Foundation – Simon Winter, CARE, IFAD, Netherlands Food Partnership,Rabo Foundation, Rabobank, ISEA:, Global Farmer Network, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture’
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