COP30: Empowering Smallholders for Global Food Security
To achieve global climate and developmental goals, it is essential to prioritize smallholder farmers in climate action, according to Gabriel Ferrero, strategic advisor to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program.
Despite being a fundamental priority under the Paris Agreement, agriculture and food systems have been largely overlooked in climate negotiations. This neglect is particularly concerning, as farming and land use are highly vulnerable to climate impacts, especially for smallholder farmers and small-scale food producers.
Agriculture and food systems have long been sidelined in climate negotiations.
Agriculture is not only a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions but also a potential source of solutions. However, agrifood systems receive only 4.3% of total climate finance, with smallholder farmers, who produce up to 80% of food in developing countries, receiving a mere fraction of this funding.
Author's summary: Empowering smallholders is key to global food security.
- Agriculture and food systems are vulnerable to climate impacts.
- Smallholder farmers produce up to 80% of food in developing countries.
- Agrifood systems receive only 4.3% of total climate finance.
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