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More than 1.5 billion small forest and farm producers throughout the world depend on forest landscapes to produce food, fuel, timber and non-wood forest products to meet their subsistence needs and generate cash income. Despite the large number of smallholders and the large collective scale of their production, policy makers...
In rural areas, implementing sustainable development and climate action requires the coordinated action of the 1.5 billion male and female forest and farm producers who live there. The profitability and sustainability of their businesses will define whether the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change can...
More than 1.5 billion smallholders throughout the world depend on forest landscapes to produce food, fuel, timber and non-wood forest products to meet their subsistence needs and generate cash income. Despite the large number of smallholders and the large collective scale of their production, policy makers have overlooked smallholders’ role...
From a small seed, a mighty trunk may grow
31/05/2018
31/05/2018
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Women are the backbone of rural economies, particularly in Africa, but they are much less likely to be involved in the decision-making.
One woman debunking that trend is Charity Kathambi Chepkwony. A forest and farm producer, she is also the first woman elected to Kenya’s parliament for the Njoro Constituency in...
FFF Summary report 2012-2017
02/05/2018
02/05/2018
Focusing on strengthening forest and farm producer organizations (FFPOs) as the primary agents of change works in practice. That is the most important message following more than four years of experience by the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF), a proven implementing mechanism set up as a partnership between FAO, the...