As you may know, a UNDFF Regional Action Plan is being developed for the NENA region by FAO RNE, in consultation with strategic partners and relevant stakeholders aiming to facilitate the implementation of the Decade in the region, translating the Global Action Plan and building on the experience of the FAO Regional Initiative on Small-Scale Family Farming (RI-SSFF). This seeks to contribute to a 10-year process in support of SSFF, implementing actions to achieve the UNDFF Global Action Plan (GAP) in the region.
In this context, FAO RNE launched this online consultation early August in order to gather stakeholders’ perspectives, actions and their expected outcomes at the regional and country levels.
Now that the e-consultation has ended, FAO Regional Initiative on Small-Scale Family Farming (RI-SSFF) team would like to thank those who participated and provided valuable contributions, great ideas and experiences were received on how to address priorities, challenges and opportunities in the NENA.
Some other suggestions received consisted of interesting insights on how to incorporate innovation and digital agriculture approaches, agroecology and climate smart agriculture, among others, into the solutions designed to respond to some of the most pressing challenges facing Small-Scale Family Farming.
The results of the consultation will be presented at a virtual eLaunch event for the UN Decade of Family Farming in the NENA region to take place in the autumn of 2020.
Special thanks go to the team and FSN Forum colleagues for their hard work and follow up.
Ms. Faten Adada