RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – AFA Chairperson Sophal Uon presented the views of smallholders in an IFAD-organized event entitled “The Sweet Spot: Cocoa’s Promise of Sustainability, Equity and Profitability for Smallholders and Farmers,” which was held at the Windsor Hotel Barra in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 18, 2012. It was part of the […]
AFA joined the organizing committee of the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) in organizing the event “International Seminar: The Role of Family Farming in the Construction of the Development with Sustainability,” which was held last June 21, 2012, at the Social Environmental Arena, Flamengo Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The seminar was aimed […]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Upon the invitation of the President of the Swiss Confederation Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and World Food Prize Laureate Hans Rudolf Herren, AFA delegates to the Rio+20 UNCSD events participated in a high-level dinner event “A Taste of Change” last June 20, 2012. The special dinner gave a unique opportunity to attendees […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Farmers need to have secure land tenure, control over their own seeds, support for agro-ecological approaches, access to markets for their products, and meaningful participation in governance processes at all levels, in order to effectively play their role in ensuring food and nutrition security and reduce poverty in the countryside. […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Dambar Praja is a 40-year woman organic farmer from Nepal. She grows maize, millet, beans, sunflower, and other crops on her 0.5 hectares of land in Darechok, Chitwan. Hiromitsu Iio is a 36-year old male organic farmer from Japan. He grows chrysanthemum, beans, potato, and onion in an 8-hectare land […]
AFA actively participated in the discussions and deliberations on the following statement together with other farmers organizations during the CSO side events at the UNCSD Rio+20. The Farmers Major Group was convened by La Via Campesina and the World Farmers’ Organization. OPENING STATEMENT Conference in Sustainable Development Rio+20 June 20, 2012 FARMERS MAJOR GROUP Mr. […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – AFA delegates to the Rio+20 joined the dialogue session on “Agricultural Transition” organized by the More and Better network last June 17 at the Rio Centro in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The dialogue session is one among of many civil society parallel events being held in conjunction with the Rio+20 […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) calls on world leaders attending the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil to commit to policies that support sustainable agro-ecology with small scale women and men farmers. AFA believes that such kind of agriculture will help realize the the future that small scale women […]
