Parliament members and other participants attended a workshop focused on advances in the design of specific laws and regulations involving public procurement in family farming.
Family farmers selling their harvested products.
Public procurement programs for family farming establish a virtuous circle in this field, involving local markets, government aid programs, and consumers.
The participatory increase of family farming in institutional food markets is essentially due to the recent innovations that countries are applying to Food and Nutrition Security Strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean.
A workshop was held in Bogotá on August 23 and 24 to discuss the design of laws and regulations for public procurement in family farming. Parliament members from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Uruguay, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Paraguay participated in the event.