AFA 12th GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Forging a 10-year Strategic Direction for Climate Resiliency for Family Farmers
13-15 October 2026 | Hotel Cambodiana, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
A. Objectives:
At the end of the General Assembly (GA), the delegates were able to :
- Discuss and decide on all agenda items for the business proper of the GA particularly the strategic direction of AFA
- Deepen understanding on key principles of agroecology and ways of promoting climate resilience through agroecology across diverse landscapes, ecosystems, and socio-poliical and environmental realities
- Share and learn from key initiatives, challenges and recommendations to promote climate resiliency in the farms/fields/territories where our men, women, young farmer members reside
- Consensus on policy recommendations (policies related to climate resiliency)
B. Key Expected Outputs
- Regional Consultations and Women Farmers and Young Farmers
- Approve a statement/declaration for an Asian Women Farmers’ Agenda in the light of the IYWF
- Approve a statement/declaration for an Asian Young Farmers Agenda
- Deepen understanding on agro-ecological approaches in farms, fisheries, forests
- Set key thrusts/ activities for RWFC/RYFC for the next three years for strengthening climate resiliency in Asian small scale family farms
- Business proper
- Approve new member, delist inactive members
- Confirm the 2024-2026 SOAR (State of AFA Report)
- Approve the AFA Strategic Plan 2026-2035 and thrusts for the next three years
- composition of new Execom 2026-2029 ; (ii) election of new set of officers and (iii) appointment of new Secretary General.
- Knowledge Management : powerpoint presentations on
- selected initiatives on Agro ecology /climate resilient agriculture in farms, fisheries, forests and
- One good practice from each Member organization
- Launch of the FFF climate resiliency report
- For those attending the event “Regional Women Farmers’ Gathering “,
- Approval of a political agenda to strengthen women farmers’ role in promoting land rights and agro ecology , that can be delivered to governments, donors, civil society groups
C. Relevance of this GA :
- With the anticipated approval of the new 10-year Strategic Plan, it sets the direction and the speed for its implementation by setting a three-year thrust.
- This year is the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) as well as the International Year of the Woman Farmer. While the IYRP has been significantly celebrated, with several global and regional gatherings already conducted and global and regional pastoralists declarations already given in global spaces, the celebration of the IYWF is still significantly invisible in the spaces AFA engages with. Our discussions in AFA come a day earlier compared to the dovetailed event “Regional Women Farmers’ Gathering “. AFA can reference its statement/declaration, bringing it to the next event and gathering support for its implementation.
