The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 72/239, in which the Assembly proclaimed the period 2019–2028 as the United Nations Decade of Family Farming, called upon Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to lead the implementation of the Decade and invited the Secretary-General to inform the Assembly about its implementation on the basis of biennial reports compiled jointly by FAO and IFAD. During the biennium 2021–2022, four countries approved national action plans on family farming, bringing the total number of countries to have approved such plans since 2019 to 12. The drafting phase of national action plans was reached in another 14 countries, and considerable progress was made in mobilizing actors to draft such plans in 28 more. In addition, three regional and subregional action plans were developed. More than 2,625 relevant actors were involved in dialogue processes or platforms, including 1,853 family farmers’ organizations and federations. At least 80 intersectoral coordination mechanisms, including 45 national committees for family farming and other multi-stakeholder platforms for policy dialogue, have been established or reinforced to achieve coherent objectives and targets. Since the launch of the Decade in 2019, a total of 262 policies, laws and regulations have been developed and approved to support family farming and the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, including 122 such laws and policies in 2021 and 2022. Overall, the Decade has triggered policy changes in at least 77 countries. Numerous processes and activities have favoured the active engagement of rural women and young people in family farming and rural economies, their access to productive resources and services and their participation in policy dialogue processes. Several global knowledge products have been released or developed to support more effective design and implementation of policies. In 2023 and 2024, effective implementation should be promoted through increased financial resources and renewed political commitment. Policy dialogues and intersectoral approaches that maximize the social, economic and sustainable contributions of family farming should be fostered, recognizing and valuing the role of family farmers in the elaboration and implementation of public policies