Through the contributions of some of the actors that led the campaign for the Declaration of the Decade (governments of Costa Rica and Italy, WRF, COPROFAM) the event will address family farming in the context of the results achieved by the IYFF 2014 and their role within the SDGs framework, which provides a unique opportunity to address global and interconnected challenges.  The event will also offer some insights on the state-of-the-art of the preparatory work for the Decade's implementation.
 The Side-Event will then provide an opportunity for participants to share their experience on the strengthening of Family Farming in MERCOSUR and CPLP through the development of specific actions and tools, and will focus on specific country experiences in Brazil and Mozambique, to demonstrate how governments structured policy dialogue spaces with family farmers and other countries and benefited from the discussion of issues concerning family farming to achieve results at national level.