Support to Smallholder Producers, in particular Livestock Farms - TCP/MOL/3803

Support to Smallholder Producers, in particular Livestock Farms - TCP/MOL/3803

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The agriculture sector in the Republic of Moldova is characterized by a dualistic structure, comprising a small number of large-scale enterprises and a substantial presence of small-scale family farms. The latter group faces numerous challenges hindering development, including limited financial opportunities, fragmented agricultural land, a diminished ability to manage market and weather risks, and constrained access to production resources. This leads to the adoption of short-term survival strategies that compromise their long-term resilience. Nonetheless, these smallholder family farms play a crucial role in the agricultural landscape of the Republic of Moldova, contributing to over 62 percent of the country's total agricultural produce in 2016. The United Nations declared the period 2019-2028 as the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF), underlining the pivotal role of family farms, pastoralists, and smallholders in achieving food security, improved nutrition, livelihoods, efficient natural resource management, and environmental protection, as well as promoting inclusive and sustainable development. The Republic of Moldova was one of the nations that endorsed the declaration. The Global Action Plan (GAP) for the Decade of Family Farming underscores the significance of creating a supportive policy framework to bolster family farming. By the year 2024, the GAP aims to achieve the development of 100 National Action Plans (NAPs) for family farming through collaborative efforts between governments and family farmers' organizations.