70% of the food on our plates comes from smallholder farmers. Yet only 7.5% of them receive technical assistance. In an environment of economic and climate shocks, this is endangering people’s livelihoods and the food systems they sustaim.
PERUSÁN – the SUN civil society alliance in Peru – is connecting farmers, nutritionists, communities and policymakers to tackle food insecurity from every angle. From a citizen-led observatory tracking government spending on nutrition, to hands-on workshops helping new mothers protect their children from stunting and anaemia, this work is already making a measurable difference. Child stunting fell from 27.8% to 12.2% between 2005 and 2019.
This video, the third in a series produced by Cloud9Media, explores how farmers, civil society and government are working together to build fairer, healthier food systems for everyone.
