Empowering Smallholders for Global Food Security
To meet global climate and developmental goals, we must put smallholder farmers at the center of climate action, according to Gabriel Ferrero, strategic advisor to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program.
Although food security is recognized as a fundamental priority under the Paris Agreement, agriculture and food systems have long been sidelined in climate negotiations. This neglect persists even though farming and land use are among the sectors most vulnerable to climate impacts—especially smallholder farmers and small-scale food producers more broadly.
Agriculture is a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, but it is also a powerful potential source of solutions. However, agrifood systems receive just 4.3% of total climate finance.
- Smallholder farmers produce up to 80% of food in developing countries.
- They only receive a minimal portion of climate finance.
Smallholder farmers are crucial to achieving resilient global food security.
The upcoming COP30 is an opportunity to address this issue and empower smallholder farmers to achieve global food security.
Author's summary: Empowering smallholder farmers is key to global food security.
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