FAO and AgriCord, a global alliance of agri-agencies mandated by farmers’ organizations and one of the funders of the Access to Seeds Index, are joining efforts to facilitate the engagement of family and smallholder farmers in decision making and policy dialogue, increase their institutional and organizational capacities and improve their access to markets and finance.
Jean-François Isambert, President of AgriCord and Daniel Gustafson, FAO Deputy Director-General signed a Memorandum of Understanding to intensify joint efforts to facilitate the engagement of family and smallholder farmers in decision making and policy dialogue, increase their institutional and organisational capacities and improve their access to markets and finance.
“Farmers working on sustainable farms and farmers’ organizations act as catalysts to ensure the supply of quality food, environmental services and climate change response,” said Isambert. “Farmers are best placed to find the best solutions to these global challenges, and their organisations have the ability to implement them. At the global level, organised farmers can speak for themselves and collectively defend their common interests. This is what AgriCord promotes.”
