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The Global Action Plan of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028), put together by the joint secretariat of FAO and IFAD, is the result of an international consultation involving the representatives from many countries, family farmers, civil society and other relevant actors. [6] It focuses on seven pillars: Pillar 1.
The FAO is an official sponsor of International Day of Forests, on 21 March each year, as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly on 28 November 2012. [56] Every six years since 1926, FAO and a host member state hold the World Forestry Congress. It is a forum for the sharing of knowledge and experience regarding the conservation ...
In a report on seeds and farmers' rights to the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur for the right to food Michael Fakhri states that UPOV 91 violates farmers' rights. [35] The report denounces pressures applied by industrialised countries on countries of the global South to join UPOV.
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture [2] (also known as ITPGRFA, International Seed Treaty or Plant Treaty [3]) is a comprehensive international agreement in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity, which aims at guaranteeing food security through the conservation, exchange and sustainable use of the world's plant genetic resources for food ...
The Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP; full title: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas) is a United Nations General Assembly resolution on human rights with "universal understanding", adopted by the United Nations in 2018. [1]
The World Farmers Organisation (WFO) was established in Rome, Italy, on 12 July 2011, with the aim of representing and advocating for farmers around the world, and bringing farmers and cooperatives together to develop policies and programs to provide solutions to global food security issues.
GIAHS: Rice Terraces in Southern Mountainous and Hilly areas, China. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) leads the programme Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), which helps identify ways to mitigate threats faced by these systems and their people and enhance the benefits derived from these dynamic systems.
The organization was founded in 1993 by farmers organizations from Europe, Latin America, Asia, North America, Central America and Africa. [9] The foundation followed the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), where the World Trade Organization (WTO)'s Agreement on Agriculture and the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) were signed and approved. [10]