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COP27 put food on the menu, but family farmers need more support as they suffer most from climate change's impacts.
Harvesting the fruits of collective action
17/11/2022
17/11/2022
Read the success story about the May Phay Collective Group in Bac Kan province in Viet Nam. Seven years ago, the May Phay Collective was a group of nine smallholder producers who had little idea of the potential of their land and collective strength. The Collective Group counts now 16 members and manages...
- Organisations representing more than 350 million family farmers and producers published an open letter to world leaders today, warning that global food security is at risk unless governments boost adaptation finance for small-scale production and promote a shift to more diverse, low-input agriculture.
The UN Climate Summit (COP27) begins...
Dear World Leaders,
The surge in hunger over the last year has exposed the fragility of the global food system. It is highly vulnerable to shocks - whether from Covid, conflict, or the climate - and ill-equipped for a world where extreme heat, drought, and floods are the...
- The worlds 1.3 billion forest dependent people (including 500 million indigenous people) and an estimated 500 million family farms 1, representing over 90 per cent of all farms globally, are frontliners in confronting difficult climatic conditions - droughts, flooding, and extreme temperatures. Organised into forest and farm producer organisations...