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With Global Biodiversity Framework negotiations about to wrap up in Nairobi this article was drafted to address some of the broader narratives that shape issues like horizon scanning, ‘30 by 30’ and technology assessment negotiations within the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This context is especially important for ensuring that gender, human rights and Indigenous rights are at the center of protecting and ensuring biodiversity for the future. 

Ha surgido un debate sobre qué proporción del suministro mundial de alimentos proviene de la agricultura campesina y en pequeña escala, un debate que puede tener grandes implicaciones para la elaboración de políticas que respondan al hambre. Organizaciones de la sociedad civil y movimientos campesinos han calculado que alrededor del 70% del mundo es alimentado por la agricultura campesina y en pequeña escala. Sin embargo, dos trabajos académicos recientes afirman que sólo alimenta a un tercio de la población mundial.

A debate has emerged as to what proportion of the global food supply is produced by small-scale food producers - one that may have big implications for policy-making addressing hunger. Civil society organisations and peasant movements have estimated that around 70% of the world is fed by small-scale farmers and other peasants. However, two recent academic papers are claiming that small farm producers really only feed about one third of the world’s population.