The Global Manifesto on Forgotten Foods

The Manifesto, promoted by GFAR as part of a collective action program on forgotten foods, with the support of Crops for the Future and the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, was developed as the result of regional consultations led by FARA, APAARI and AARINENA that involved over 8,000 people and hundreds of other organizations.The Manifesto calls for concrete actions that contribute to achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to the ‘Right to Food’ and the ‘Right to Health’ embedded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is also meant to be used as an invaluable input for the United Nations Food Systems Summit in 2021 to recognize the importance of these crops and the role of farmers in addressing the multiple crises we face today.