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Ensuring Genuine Farmer Involvement and Inclusion in National Pathway Development and Implementation

Ensuring Genuine Farmer Involvement and Inclusion in National Pathway Development and Implementation

REGISTER Date: Wednesday, 26 July Time: 08:00 – 09:00 CET This event will bring together representatives from regional farmer organisations and international initiatives to promote a just transition to sustainable food systems and discuss their experience in participating in national pathways, featuring positive examples from 

Leadership Dialogue: Food Systems for the Planet

Leadership Dialogue: Food Systems for the Planet

Date: 25 July Time: 11:00-12:30 CET Location: FAO HQ, Green Room (1st Floor, Building A) Description: By 2050, feeding a global population of almost 10 billion will  require a radical transformation in how food is produced, processed, traded and consumed. Current food systems are failing to deliver overall 

Agroecology Coalition at the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment 24-26 July, Rome

Agroecology Coalition at the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment 24-26 July, Rome

REGISTER Leadership dialogue: Coalition of Action Roundtable Represented by H.E. State SecretaryMr. Christian Hofer, Director Generalof the Federal Office for Agriculturein Switzerland Where: Green Room, first floor Building A& online When: 24 July | 11:00-12.30CEST Side event “Towards healthy and sustainablefood systems: Agroecology, SoilHealth and 

Securing land tenure rights for sustainable food systems: The role of smallholder and family farmers

Securing land tenure rights for sustainable food systems: The role of smallholder and family farmers

UN Food System Stocktaking Moment Rome, 24-26 of July 2023 REGISTER Family Farming presents the most promising prospects for achieving the required transformation, encompassing production systems and food governance in the context of climate change and interconnected crisis. It entails the transition towards more agroecological 

Land Matrix Initiative-Mapping Tools for Land Rights’ Defenders

Land Matrix Initiative-Mapping Tools for Land Rights’ Defenders

The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA), and the National Land Coalition (NLC) -Philippines, are jointly conducting a capacity-building training on Mapping Tools. The training is supported by the Land Matrix Initiative, with AFA as the 

AFA conducts Facilitators’ Training on Empowering Women and Youth in Agri Cooperatives

AFA conducts Facilitators’ Training on Empowering Women and Youth in Agri Cooperatives

May 31, 2023.  The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)  started its first of a series of Mindanao-wide training for focal persons on youth and women/ Gender and Development (GAD) in 6 national and provincial agriculture cooperatives/farmers’ organizations and in 11 primary cooperatives 

AFA participates in consultation and planning workshop on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Agriculture and Forestry Towards Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods in ASEAN

AFA participates in consultation and planning workshop on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Agriculture and Forestry Towards Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods in ASEAN

AFA coordinator for Sustainable Agriculture Agenda, Irish Baguilat, participated in the two-day multistakeholder consultation and planning workshop on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Agriculture and Forestry Towards Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods in the ASEAN Region organized by the ASEAN Secretariat Food and Forestry Division, ASEAN Centre 

Only fundamental change can fix our broken food systems

Only fundamental change can fix our broken food systems

This article is originally published by Mongabay. Our food systems are under enormous strain. As the climate crisis deepens – as highlighted by the recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – extreme weather events are growing in frequency and severity, with droughts, floods and