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United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028, Regional Action Plan to Implement the UNDFF and Achieve the SDGs in South Asia

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 246 p.

Author Shrestha, R.B., Ferrand, P., Penunia, M.E., Dave, M., and Ali, Y. (eds.)

Publisher SAC, FAO, AFA and ICA-AP ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-134526-9

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This book is an output of a regional experts’ consultation meeting on “UN Decade of Family Farming: Formulating Strategies and Action Plan to Strengthen Smallholder Family Farmers in South Asia”, 5-6 November 2020 organized by SAARC Agriculture Center (SAC), Bangladesh in collaboration with Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA), Philippines, and the International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP), India, and the technical assistance of the Food and Agriculture Organization Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO RAP) Thailand. This book is the concrete result of active engagement and participations of SAARC Member States’ National Focal Point Experts, invited UNDFF experts, authors, and participants. This book focuses on- family farming’s constraints, challenges, opportunities, and government policies to contribute on attaining the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at country and South Asia regional levels.

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Shrestha, R.B., Penunia, M.E., Ferrand, P., and Dave, M., Ali, Y. (eds.). 2021. United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028: Regional Action Plan to Implement the UNDFF and Achieve the SDGs in South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Asian Farmers' Association (AFA), the Philippines; International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP), India; and FAO, Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb5030en

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