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UNDFF Regional Action Plan for strengthening family farming in South Asia 2021–2028

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 36 p.

Author FAO, AO, SAC, AFA , COOP

Publisher FAO ; SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) ; Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) ; International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP) COOP ;

Product type Booklet

ISBN 978-92-5-135652-4

Edition 1

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cb8345en

Synopsis (short abstract) The Regional Action Plan for strengthening family farming in South Asia has been elaborated through a participatory and multi-stakeholder approach in the framework of the UN Decade of Family Farming and in close collaboration with SAARC Agriculture Center, the Asia Farmer Association for Sustainable Rural Development and the International Cooperative Alliance – Asia Pacific. Consultations with farmers’ organizations, cooperatives and other relevant stakeholders at country level first helped identifying and prioritizing key interventions for the region along the seven pillars of the Global Action Plan. These initial inputs then contributed to the overall drafting of the contextualized pillars led by recognized experts from the region. The draft pillars were presented during a first regional virtual consultation on UN Decade of Family Farming: Formulating Strategies and Action Plan to Strengthen Smallholder Family Farmers in South Asia held on the 5–6 November 2020. A follow up regional consultation meeting on review and finalization of the Regional Action Plan for strengthening family farming in South Asia was then organized on 29 July 2021. The objective was to present, discuss and validate the draft Regional Action Plan for strengthening family farming in South Asia. This Regional Action Plan aims at facilitating and accelerating the process of developing national action plans through inclusive multi-stakeholder processes, not only putting family farmers at the centre but recognizing them as critical partners.

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FAO, SAC, AFA & COOP. 2022. UNDFF Regional Action Plan for strengthening family farming in South Asia 2021–2028. Bangkok.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb8345en

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