AFA joins UNFSS pre-summit affiliated session on exploring a new consensus for smallholder farmers (Asian Farmers)

Asian Farmers published a summary of the UNFSS pre-summit that recognized that there are a lot of stakeholders working towards achieving the SDG 2 target of eliminating hunger, and the UN Food Systems Summit provides an opportunity for coordinated action. In particular, several reports released in recent years such as Ceres2030, the SOFI, PARI 2020, and Foresight 2.0 highlight the growing need for a policy consensus for smallholder farmers that will “accelerate progress towards good food for all”. As such, the affiliated session brings together the following speakers from farmers’ organizations, NGOs, research organizations, and government to share their views on how the new policy consensus should look like. Director General Johan Swinnen participated in the meeting.