The United Nations General Assembly declared 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming, recognizing contributions of family farming to food security, poverty reduction and sustainable development. And in 2015, the international community agreed on a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In line with this international development agenda, UNCTAD’s Commodity Development Report 2015 focuses on Smallholder Farmers and Sustainable Commodity Development. The Report aims to demonstrate the need to devote more attention and resources to smallholders as a way to achieve the newly agreed SDGs relating to poverty, nutrition, hunger and environmental sustainability. To this end, the Report provides an analysis of the context within which smallholders operate at the national, regional and international levels. The Report then offers policy recommendations for establishing the conditions for smallholders to fulfil their potential as sustainable business enterprises integrated into domestic, regional and international trade.