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Legislative and regulatory frameworks for family farming

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 68 p.

Author Vapnek, J., Boaz, P.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-135009-6

Series title FAO Legal Papers

Series number No. 108

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Guided by the Global Action Plan of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028, this publication looks into ways that legislation can best support policy processes aimed at advancing family farming’s contribution to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. The publication aims to present some of the laws and regulations relevant to family farming to determine the features that can most positively benefit family farmers while providing information and experiences from different parts of the globe for decision-makers and practitioners. The objective not being to provide prescriptions for how to regulate family farming, but rather to present different options to decision-makers, thereby facilitating their appreciation of the complexity of existing legislative and regulatory frameworks that underpin family farming and empowering them for the design of supportive approaches best suited to their respective national context. With the multisectorality of family farming at its core and mindful of family farmers’ overwhelming contribution to nutritiously and sustainably feed the world, this publication analyses legislative processes in 12 different areas that are conducive to the agri-food systems transformation for a better production, better environment, better nutrition and better life for all, leaving no one behind.

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Vapnek, J. and Boaz, P.  2021. Legislative and regulatory frameworks for family farming. FAO legal papers, no. 108. Rome, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb6922en

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