The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and the International Fund for Agricultural Development are commemorating the halfway point of the Decade on Family Farming with a week of Global Family Farming activities. I am pleased to be addressing the conference.
When:
Tuesday, 15 October at 15:00 CET
What: Why Farmers Markets?
Thursday, 17 October at 14:30 - 16:00 CET
What: Diversified market opportunities for family farming (session 10)
Where: FAO, Farm Venue
More details can be found here at this link.
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