This book is an output of a regional experts’ consultation meeting on “UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF): Formulating Strategies and Action Plan to Strengthen Smallholder Family Farmers in South Asia”, 5-6 November 2020 organized by SAARC Agriculture Center (SAC), Bangladesh in collaboration with Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA), Philippines, and the International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP), India, and the technical assistance of the Food and Agriculture Organization Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO RAP) Thailand. 

This book is the concrete result of active engagement and participation of SAARC Member States’ National Focal Point Experts, invited UNDFF experts, authors, and participants.

This book focuses on family farming’s constraints, challenges, opportunities, and government policies to contribute to attaining the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the country and South Asia regional levels.