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Global Launch of the @UN Decade of #FamilyFarming will take place at FAO headquarters in Rome on Wednesday 29 May 2019. For more information: www.fao.org/family-farming-decade

In December 2017, Resolution A/RES/72/239 (undocs.org/A/RES/72/239) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2019-2028 the United Nations Decade of Family Farming. The UN Resolution calls upon the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to lead the implementation of the Decade in collaboration with other relevant organizations of the United Nations system and invites governments and other relevant stakeholders, including international and regional organizations, civil society, the private sector and academia, to actively support the implementation of the Decade. For more information: www.fao.org/family-farming-decade