Family Farming

These global webinars will be held on 11 and 13 July 2023 with simultaneous translation in English, French and Spanish. The World Rural Forum (WRF), in collaboration with FAO, is organizing a series of webinars to share experiences and reflect on how to achieve innovations in public policies through the recognition and consideration of the different dimensions of family farming, enabling its action to be amplified, strengthen interconnection with other policies

In May 2023, the town of Thiès in Senegal was the venue for a regional workshop dedicated to the Observatoire des Exploitations Familiales (OEF) in West Africa. Organised by the Network of Farmers’ Organisations and Agricultural Producers of West Africa (ROPPA), the aim of the event was to strengthen the OEF, a strategic tool for family farm development in the region. The workshop brought together around forty participants from various

In our weekly feature “Family Farming Gems of the Week”, we highlight a real gem of sustainable development and women empowerment in Mali. In the heart of the Sikasso region, within the rural municipality of Farakala, a remarkable transformation is underway, thanks to an initiative focused on the management and valorization of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP). It is here that the women of Farakala have embraced a new era of

The wonders of peasant ingenuity are often underestimated. Today, we explore the Seeder, a revolutionary tool that has transformed rice farming in Benin. The Council for Cooperation among Rice Producers in Benin (CCR-B), established in 2006, has always had the primary mission to represent the interests of Beninese rice producers and to promote their professionalization. One of their greatest achievements is undoubtedly the introduction of the Seeder in the project

The Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI) implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the financial support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), promotes the sharing of information, experiences, good practices, success stories and lessons learned in small-scale and artisanal coastal fisheries, to make them both more sustainable and more profitable for the communities that depend on them. This effort to raise awareness and share knowledge