The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to foster inclusive and sustainable family farming as the central cornerstone for a vibrant, productive and profitable agriculture across the Near East and North Africa (NENA). This was announced today during the e-launch of the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) in the NENA region. “Family farms worldwide have immense potential to become core players and to support developmental strategies aimed at increasing food security, making food systems sustainable and managing natural resources,” said Dina Saleh, IFAD’s Regional Director for the Near East, North Africa, Central Asia and Europe Division. “Family farming is viewed as an optimal model, effectively helping to restore environmental degradation and sustain natural resources. The coordinated efforts between IFAD and FAO are being scaled up in the context of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF), which runs from 2019 until 2028.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 24, 2020 13:07 UTC