Latin American and Caribbean Parliament adopts a model law for the promotion of family agriculture


New law includes recommendations and principles - designed with the support of FAO - for countries to strengthen family agriculture through national legislation.

12/12/2016 - 

Members of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) unanimously approved a Model law on family farming, which includes recommendations and guidelines for countries to strengthen this key sector for food security, FAO said today. The law was voted on December 3rd during the XXXII General Assembly of PARLATINO held in Panama City. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, the new model law sets out guiding principles, definitions and obligations that national states can use as a basis for creating or improving their family farming laws, policies and strategies. The law will be sent by the PARLATINO to the assemblies and congresses of the twenty-three member countries of this regional organization.