Deafal NGO

Deafal (European Delegation for Family Farming in Asia, Africa and Latin America) is a non-profit non-governmental organization for development cooperation, recognized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Deafal is an independent, non-denominational and apolitical association. Established in Milan in 2000, Deafal works in Italy, Asia, Africa and Latin America to support smallholder farmers and empower local communities. Deafal operates to achieve an integrated development and a sustainable food production system in order to eradicate hunger and poverty worldwide. Deafal fields of intervention are: - Food security and Food sovereignty; - Regenerative and Organic Agriculture (ROA) and family agriculture; - Environmental and biodiversity preservation; - Global Citizenship Education and Environmental Education. In the Global Citizenship Education area we work for empowering people to make sustainable lifestyle and conscious consumption; enabling people to build communities in harmony between the individual and the environment, and to contribute to the development of fair and sustainable societies