date:May 20, 2014
ondary activities such as processing, this figure can be as high as 90 per cent.
FAO, through the 2014 International Year of Family Farming, is raising the profile of smallholder activities including fisheries and aquaculture with an emphasis on improving access to finance and markets, securing tenure rights and protecting the environment.
Reducing wastage, curbing harmful practices, improving traceability
An estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of food are lost per year - to about one-third of all