FAO e-conference on “The Role of Small Farms Within a Larger Context of Food Security”

What? The e-conference's overarching topics: #1: Cooperation among small farms #2: Small farms’ contribution to resilience of the food system #3: Strategies used by small farms to overcome challenges – a view of the past #4: How small farms address future challenges? #5: The importance of food businesses to small farms #6: How can policies affect small farm activities and their resilience? When? The e-conference will run from 19 March to 9 April 2018, with weekly summaries posted by the moderator to recap main points and stimulate further dialogue. How? If you wish to join the e-conference, please send an email to AIS@fao.org, specifying: •Your email address to be registered on the list. •Full name, organisation, institute or company you work for, and your position (or simply note “private” if you want to participate on their own behalf). Please feel free and encouraged to engage your colleagues or anyone in your professional network to take part in this e-conference. A summary of the SALSA e-conference announcement, you can find here: http://bit.ly/SALSA-econference-announcement The full background document and elaborate coverage of the discussion topics can be found here: http://bit.ly/SALSA-background-doc