On 8-9 June, Shi Yan and Judith Hitchman, URGENCI’s vice-president and president, participated in the final negotiations of the policy text on Connecting Smallholders to Markets, on behalf of Urgenci, as part of the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) delegation. Other Civil society organizations were present as well (La Via Campesina, FIAN, Friends of the Earth International, WAMIP and more.). The negotiations took place between member States of the CFS of the United Nations and the private sector mechanism. The negotiations went into night sessions on both days, lasting until almost midnight, but it was worth all the efforts.