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Family FarmingFamily Farmingmoving ForwardKanayo F. nwanzepResident oF the inteRnational Fund FoR agRicultuRal developmentSince 2009, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Slow Food have been working together to promote sustainable agriculture that is good, clean and fair, both at a global level and at a national level (in countries such as Peru, Colombia, Mozambique, São Tomé and Argentina). 2014 is the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), a theme hugely significant for our past, present and future. The family farming model has persisted across cultures and continents for millennia, with endless varieties of it still persisting today, as the concrete ex- amples in this Almanac show.For IFAD, every year is a year of family farming. Smallholder men and women are the core group that our investment programs are designed to support. Both an international financial institution and a United Nations agency, IFAD has invested about US$15.8 billion in low-interest loans and grants, reaching about 430 million rural people since the Fund began operations in 1978.12 almanaC©IFad/G.m.B.aKaSh