International Year of Family Farming

Number by catalogue:  Michel: NT-GE 870   Yvert: NT-GE 876   Scott: NT-GE 585  

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1.6 Swiss francs.

Family on a field surrounded by farm animals, with a barn and a wind farm.

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Endorsed in December 2017, the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 seeks to place family farming at the center of national public policies and investments. In declaring this decade, the United Nations General Assembly recognized the importance of family farming in reducing poverty and improving global food security. The UN Decade of Family Farming is led by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in collaboration with governments and civil society organizations.

Though there is no single, universal definition of family farming, it can be defined as : “a means of organizing agricultural, forestry, fisheries, pastoral and aquaculture production which is managed and operated by a family and predominantly reliant on family labor, including both women’s and men’s. The family and the farm are linked, co-evolve and combine economic, environmental, reproductive, social, and cultural functions”.

Family Farming is the predominant form of agriculture in both developing and developed countries. In fact:

- There are an estimated 500 million family farms, representing over 90% of all farms globally

- Family farms produce more than 80% of the food in the world.

- More than 90% of farms are run by an individual or a family and rely primarily on family labor

- Most family farms are small (an estimated 84% of farms globally are below 2 hectares.

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This information has been taken from Wikipedia