Sustainability and resilience

GFAR stakeholders place great importance  of meeting the needs of the poor, in particular resource-poor smallholder farmers. Rural development policies and practices often do not reflect the interests and aspirations of the poor, whose rights are often the last to be considered, despite their vital importance as the main intended beneficiaries of agricultural and rural development, as sources of innovation and in sustaining rural environments and agricultural resources, in particular agro-biodiversity. Balancing the needs of different s... more