Farmers, Peasants & Forest Dwellers
17
Policies changed
25
Practises changed
12
Agendas
Farmers with less than 2Ha of land still produce more than 30% of the world’s food.
Despite this, many family farmers and small-scale producers live in or on the edge of poverty. This is in part due to histories of unequal land distribution, little public investment, and a food system that favours corporate controlled agriculture.
Around the globe family farmers are living with insecure and uncertain forms of tenure, slowly being squeezed out of their land. This in turn is undermining their ability to contribute to sustainable and local food systems.
Family farmers and small-scale producers must be given their rightful place in feeding the world of the future.
Securing their access to and control over land, and other natural resources is a fundamental element to ensure this happens.
With cultural and historical connections to their lands, they hold the solutions to transforming our food system and fighting the climate crisis. They employ agroecological practices that research has proven to increase soil carbon stocks. Such sustainable practices sequester carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
It’s time to end 'farming without farmers' and keep private equity firms out of our food systems.
Dig into their stories to understand how strong family farming systems is transforming lives.
Our people's organisations led by farmers, peasants and forest dwellers:
42
ORGANISATIONS
78.1M+
PEOPLE REPRESENTED
29
COUNTRIES
FEEDING FAMILIES WITH INDONESIA’S AGRARIAN REFORM
"After we got our land rights, we could toil on our farm and plant chilies, cloves and nutmeg. Our yields made it possible for me to open a small shop, educate my children and to host social gatherings"- Anci Tatawi
MEET ANCI
FARMING
FOR THE FUTURE
IN SOUTH AFRICA
“The community lacks a lot of proper nutrition. The food they buy is produced commercially, with pesticides and chemicals. I wanted to change the narrative and have them eat food that was grown organically.” - Mokgadi Modiba
MEET MOKGADI MODIB
Can the land community use UNDROP to protect the right to land?
ILC & Geneva Academy present an easy to use manual on how the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants can be used to protect the right to land
Global & Regional Initiatives
U.N. Food Systems Champions Discuss the Hidden Costs of the Food System
12 March 2021
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Youth Leadership for Secured Land Rights and Strong Family Farming Systems
18 March 2022
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OPINION: Land rights for small producers: a critical solution to the world's food systems
by Agnes Kalibata and Michael Taylor
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