FARM ((Financing Agrochemical Reduction and Management) Module Development WorkshopDevelopment of training module and implementation of Training of Trainers (ToT) on integrated/alternative pest management and biopesticides for the project “Promoting Eco-Friendly Crop Protection Solutions for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) Reduction in Asia”September 1-4, 2026 | Ugnayan Hall, Partnership Center, Quezon City […]
The Unfinished Business of Agrarian Reform in the PhilippinesBy Nikka Rivera Agrarian reform in the Philippines was never only about distributing land. When the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law was enacted in 1988, it sought to address longstanding inequalities in land ownership and land concentration by redistributing agricultural land to landless farmers and farmworkers, securing their […]
Seeds Learning Exchange Part 2From Sharing to Scaling: Cooperative Models Across BordersExpanding horizons, cultivating stronger cooperativesOctober 2026 | Philippines Context The Seeds Learning Exchange Part I was successfully completed in October 2025. Four AFA members from Timor Leste, Indonesia, and Laos traveled to Cambodia to share their experiences in producing and marketing rice and vegetable […]
UNCCD COP17Youth4Soil Manifesto & Celebration of International Year of the WomanFarmer 202615:30-17:00, MET24 BackgroundLand and soil restoration are crucial for achieving food security, climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable livelihoods. Young people are already taking the lead in land and soil restoration; they are training peers, restoring degraded lands, practicing composting and agroecology, applying Indigenous and local knowledge, […]
UNCCD COP17Restoring Land, Redirecting Finance: Repurposing Public Support for a Just Rural Transition27 August | 15:30 – 17:00 | MET-21Organised by: Clim-Eat, IFAD, WWF International, Agroecology Coalition Background The Voices for Just Rural Transitions (Voices4JRT) project offers a direct answer: by redirecting public finance toward the priorities of the people who manage that land. Drawing on […]
UNCCD COP17Family farming at the heart of land restoration: Scaling farmer-led solutions to land degradation and drought and fostering rural development27 August | 15:00 – 16:30 | MET-01 Event Description As land degradation accelerates and drought threatens the livelihoods of millions, family farmers, who manage over 80% of the world’s agricultural land, are too often […]
UNCCD COP17 Side EventA Global Outlook for Local Impact – Innovation and Technologies Shaping the Future of Agrifood Systems27 August 2026 | 10:00–11:30 | Mongolia Pavilion AFA Coordinator for Sustainable Agriculture and Women Farmers’ Agenda Irish Baguilat, Byamba Dorjsuren of AGRI-COOP/Namac, and Neha Maraj of Self Employed Women’s Association-SEWA shared their experiences and perspectives on […]
UNCCD COP17High Level Event – Food Systems and Soil Health Day High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on Food Systems and Soil Health27 August 2026 | 13:00 – 15:00 Ulaanbaatar time/GMT+8 | Action Dome, MongoliaInterpretation EN/FR/ES/MN Background Food systems sit at the center of the interconnected challenges of land degradation, climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity. At […]
