PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH: CONNECTING FAMILY FARMING ORGANIZATIONS WITH FARMING RESEARCH CENTERS
Participatory research stands as one of the three working areas of the IYFF+10 initiative, together with the strengthening of the National Committees for Family...
GROUP OF 13 COUNTRIES PROPOSES ADOPTION OF A DECADE OF FAMILY...
Costa Rica, Angola, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines, Spain, Thailand and Uruguay make up the Core Group working...
STRENGTHENING FAMILY FARMING IN EASTERN EUROPE
We are glad to echo a news that highlights the strength that Family Farming is acquiring in Eastern Europe, and is that Macedonia has officially...
THE COMMUNITY OF PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING COUNTRIES HAS APPROVED THE GUIDELINES IN SUPPORT...
The REAF is also making progress in the preparation of Regional Guidelines for Family Farming now that it has confirmed a policy agreement on...
SUPPORT FOR FAMILY FARMING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
Following the signing of the Milan Pact, cities like Valencia and Vitoria-Gasteiz, among others, are advancing their own strategies for local food systems.Family farming...
Developments made in support of the decade of family farming
LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD RURAL FORUMLast week was an incredibly important week for the Decade of Family Farming. The Permanent Representative met...
DECADE OF FAMILY FARMING: CONCEPT DOCUMENT
The WRF is pleased to share the Concept Document (summary) on which the Decade of Family Farming is based. The government of Costa Rica...
National committees for family family on path to improving public policy
Changes to public policy agendas in the National Committees for Family Farming in the Philippines, Honduras, Burkina Faso and Senegal will receive technical and...
Advances in the process of developing guidelines for family farming
Developing guidelines will help support the establishment of laws to protect and promote Family Farming.Several advocacy forums are making progress in their processes to...
Regional family farming organisations request the declaration of a decade on...
AFA, COPROFAM, PDRR, PIFON, PROPAC and ROPPA have signed the letter of support for the declaration of a Decade on Family Farming.The regional organisations...
National Committes on Family Farming exchange their experiences in Costa Rica...
NCFFs from Central America, Mexico and the Dominican Republic met in two important meetings celebrated during November.With the main objective of exchanging experiences in...
Join the Campaign to have a Decade on Family Farming declared!
We invite bodies from all five continents to join the campaign to have a Decade on Family Farming declared.In order to continue the advances...
2nd CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TO THE SUPPORT FUND FOR FAMILY FARMING...
The secretary of the World Rural Forum (WRF) invites established Family Farming National Committees and organizations wishing to set up a new FFNC in...
Family farming and the sustainable development agenda
Of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), 10 establish a direct link with Family Farming, and it’s explicitly mentioned in ODS 2, which stresses...
WE NEED BETTER PUBLIC POLICIES FOR FAMILY FARMING!
Public policy change agendas by Family Farming National Committees in Madagascar, Indonesia, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic will be financially and technically supported. New...
The General Assembly of the United Nations will discuss the declaration...
In the General Assembly the Government of Costa Rica will take the lead in proposing to extend the International Year of Family Farming for...
The WRF invites young people from all over the world to...
The study, coordinated by the WRF, is being done in close collaboration with the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia.The WRF is coordinating a study about...
Handing Family Farming over to the next generation is key to...
The motto for International Youth Day is “The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production”.Young people in rural areas, particularly...
A Permanent Regional Dialogue Mechanism for Family Farming is set up...
This represents the formal establishment of a permanent forum for the design and execution of specific public policies for Family Farming, with civil society...
Colombia begins collecting signatures to launch a Referendum on National Farming...
The Referendum includes a bill on Family Farming and is expected to garner over 4 million signatures, although by law 1.7 million signatures would...