Globally, they provide a third of food needs. In low-income countries, Africa, Asia or Latin America, small agricultural producers cover up to 80% of production. This shows the essential role they play for food security, insists Gilbert Houngbo, president of Fida, the international fund for agricultural development, a UN institution based in Rome, on the occasion of a United Nations pre-summit. on food systems.
“At the same time
, deplores the former Prime Minister of Togo, who also worked for the International Labor Organization,
they are the most vulnerable to crises, political and social instabilities or climate change.”
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The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to these populations, the vast majority of which lack social protection.
“The impact was immediate and very severe in some countries, more diffuse in others.
The problems were already there before the Covid, which accentuated them ”
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