Working towards these commitments
Respect, protect and strengthen the land rights of women and men living in poverty, ensuring that no one is deprived of the use and control of the land on which their well-being and human dignity depend, including through eviction, expulsion or exclusion, and with compulsory changes to tenure undertaken only in line with international law and standards on human rights.
Secure Tenure Rights
Ensure equitable land distribution and public investment that supports small-scale farming systems, including through redistributive agrarian reforms that counter excessive land concentration, provide for secure and equitable use and control of land, and allocate appropriate land to landless rural producers and urban residents, whilst supporting smallholders as investors and producers, such as through cooperative and partnership business models.
Strong Small-Scale Farming Systems
Enable the role of local land users in territorial and ecosystem management, recognizing that sustainable development and the stewardship of ecosystems are best achieved through participatory decision-making and management at the territorial-level, empowering local land users and their communities with the authority, means and incentives to carry out this responsibility.
Locally-managed ecosystems
Mission
The typical activities of the associations conforming the netwrok are agricultural extension, community-led savings and credit schemes, group marketing, training for young farmers, capacity building for women groups, support for the poorest families, awareness raising on issues related to the conservation of natural resources, advocacy with local authorities, etc. Farmers' associations have also played an important role in influencing local development policies and in challenging local authorities to be more responsible for community development and natural resources management.
