The United Nations Decade for Family Agriculture (UNDFA), an issue for debate at an event that opened on Monday at headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), aims to boost the efforts to eradicate hunger and build a sustainable food future.Conceived for the 2019-2028 period by the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on December 20, 2017, the UNDFA will be presented officially on Wednesday at the final session of the meeting among representatives of institutions committed to the issue, with a previous agenda to assess a plan of action.
There are just 11 years left to comply with the goals established in the UN 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), including goals 1 and 2, aimed at eradicating poverty and reducing hunger to zero. Both goals are interconnected with the rest of the targets of the international call to protect the planet and guarantee the peace and prosperity of its inhabitants.
At least 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, according to the latest report from the World Network against Food Crises, published by the European Union, FAO and the World Food Program (WFP).
The document noted that 143 million people in 42 nations are very close to face that phase three or higher of hunger and all need 'urgent aid of food, nutrition and livelihood.
Dealing with that and other inhumane disasters is among the goals of the Decade, which is dedicated to those who can contribute most and benefit most from the world joint effort, entrusted by the General Assembly to FAO and the International Agricultural Development Fund (IADF), with support from other international bodies.
According to those agencies, more than 90 percent of 600 million farms in the world are administered by an individual or a family, who are responsible for food security at present and in the future.
FAO's definition of family agriculture as a way to organize agriculture, forestry, stockbreeding and aquiculture administered by that nucleus of the population that consists of both men and women explains the range of intensive support for its development.
There are just 11 years left to comply with the goals established in the UN 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), including goals 1 and 2, aimed at eradicating poverty and reducing hunger to zero. Both goals are interconnected with the rest of the targets of the international call to protect the planet and guarantee the peace and prosperity of its inhabitants.
At least 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, according to the latest report from the World Network against Food Crises, published by the European Union, FAO and the World Food Program (WFP).
The document noted that 143 million people in 42 nations are very close to face that phase three or higher of hunger and all need 'urgent aid of food, nutrition and livelihood.
Dealing with that and other inhumane disasters is among the goals of the Decade, which is dedicated to those who can contribute most and benefit most from the world joint effort, entrusted by the General Assembly to FAO and the International Agricultural Development Fund (IADF), with support from other international bodies.
According to those agencies, more than 90 percent of 600 million farms in the world are administered by an individual or a family, who are responsible for food security at present and in the future.
FAO's definition of family agriculture as a way to organize agriculture, forestry, stockbreeding and aquiculture administered by that nucleus of the population that consists of both men and women explains the range of intensive support for its development.