A/RES/72/239
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 January 2018
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 25
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 20 December 2017
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/72/426)]
72/239.
United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028)
The General Assembly,
Recognizing the success of the International Year of Family Farming, declared
by the General Assembly in its resolution 66/222 of 22 December 2011 and
implemented in 2014, which raised the profile of the role of family farming,
pastoralism and smallholder farming in contributing to the achievement of food
security and improved nutrition,
Welcoming the fact that many countries have made significant progress in
developing public policies in favour of family farming, including the formation of
national committees for family farming, and making financial inclusion policies for
smallholder farmers, such as small-scale credit loans, and recognizing the role that
family farms play in improving nutrition and ensuring global food security,
eradicating poverty, ending hunger, conserving biodiversity, achieving environmental
sustainability and helping to address migration,
Recalling the creation of the Family Farming Knowledge Platform, and
recognizing that sharing knowledge and data contributes to policy dialogue and
policymaking to address the specific needs of family farms,
Recognizing the important role of science, technology, innovation and
entrepreneurship in supporting smallholders, including pastoralists and family
farmers, in particular women and youth in rural areas, and in that regard highlighting
the importance of innovation-driven development and support to mass
entrepreneurship and innovation, and welcoming new sustainable agricultural
technologies that can contribute to the transition of smallholders from subsistence
farming to innovative, commercial production, helping them to increase their ow n
food security and nutrition, generate marketable surpluses and add value to their
production,
Recognizing also the close links between family farming, the promotion and
conservation of historical, cultural and natural heritage, traditional customs and
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