Six investments to help family farmers thrive in the next decade
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Family farmers produce more than 80% of the world’s food, but often have the least amount of access to support.
As the UN Decade of Family Farming launched on May 29, 2019, CIMMYT Director General Martin Kropff talked with Trevor Nicholls, CEO of the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), on this topic.
In an article published on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Food Sustainability Index blog, they propose six key actions that can help family farmers thrive in the coming decade
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