technology to improve the efficiency of water use, increase their cultivated area and so on. Numerous laws on sustainability have been introduced in Korea, such as the Erosion Control Law, the Fertilizer Control Law and the Law on the Promotion of Environmentally-Friendly Agriculture and Fisheries, among others.60

To promote responsible investment in agriculture and food systems, FAO works through a needs-driven framework programme to cooperate with governments, smallholders, civil society, academia and the private sector. The Programme's main activities include awareness raising, capacity building and support for the implementation of international guidance tools such as the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI Principles).In order to promote responsible investments for inclusive food systems, FAO supports the generation of evidence for policymakers on gender gaps in agriculture that are holding back progress towards hunger eradication and need to be urgently addressed. For example, the findings and recommendations of an African Union/FAO study that analyzed regional perspectives on gender and agrifood systems were drawn from an extensive review of existing statistics, gender audits of 38 national agricultural investment plans and national gender analyses conducted in 40 countries.61

Legislative frameworks and public policies for family farmingFamily farmers are central to making agrifood systems more inclusive, sustainable, resilient and efficient. Family farming employs 30 percent of the world's population and produces more than 80 percent of the world's food in value terms (FAO, 2014a). It contributes to the conservation of biodiversity, land and cultural heritage. Even though family farmers are essential for transforming agrifood systems in a sustainable manner, such farmers (particularly young people and women) are still among those most affected by poverty and vulnerability (FAO, 2020b). We must therefore seek to consistently strengthen public policies and legislative and institutional frameworks in all policy areas relevant to family farming. Relevant policy areas include basic public infrastructure, access to land, technologies, productive resources, public services and financing. The way family farming is defined in law can act as a benchmark for legislative and policy measures to foster an enabling policy environment for strengthening family farming (FAO and IFAD, 2019b).In Bangladesh, public policies for early investment in rural roads, electricity supply and fish fry farming laid the foundation for the development of the fish farming industry, generating a high-impact value chain for thousands of families and contributing to food security.59

60 Udaeta, K., and Rodríguez, A. (2021). Soluciones basadas en la naturaleza para la sostenibilidad de la agricultura en la República de Corea: marcos de política habilitantes y casos de estudio de interés para América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago de Chile: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

61 FAO. 2018. Leaving no one behind: empowering Africa’s rural women for zero hunger and shared prosperity. 28 p. (https://www.fao.org/policy-support/tools-and-publications/resources-details/en/c/1156159/).

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