Smallholder farmers represent 80% of farmers in North Africa. They have a fundamental role in delivering sustainable food systems, but as underscored by the Food and Agriculture Organization, many experience poverty, food insecurity, and limited access to markets and services.

In this webinar, we will explore the following questions while looking at concrete cases in North Africa:

• How to support North African smallholders in shifting to farming models that are both sustainable and economically viable?
• What do these models look like ?
• What resources and partnerships are needed to achieve them?
• How optimizing productivity can improve farmer livelihoods and ensure nutritional security while supporting lower methane emissions per unit of milk?

Supported by GIZ, Danone, Care International and local actors Danone Ecosystem projects in Morocco, Egypt and Algeria have helped more than 11,500 smallholders increase their revenue while improving environmental sustainability. In Algeria for example, subsistence farmers have increased their revenue by 34% while reducing their carbon footprint by 4% in 1 year.