Youth in Agriculture ForumFostering leadership, innovative capacity, and agripreneurship of youth in Region 13Highlights and key messages
Youth in Agriculture: Building Structure, Starting Enterprises, Leading ChangeStrategic Insights, Experiences, and Actionable Recommendations This guide was developed based on the experiences of AFA’s project, Empowering Women and Youth through Inclusive Cooperatives and Agricultural Value Chains toward Peace and Development in Mindanao, and the institutional knowledge of AFA, PAKISAMA, and AGRICOOPh. The project is part […]
First Thailand Young Farmers Camp and Agrilympics (YFCA) ReportSustainable Small-Scale Fishery Learning Center, Ban Naithung, Tha Sala District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand8–12 June 2025Organized by: Federation of Thai Fisherfolk Associations (FTFA), Thai Sea Watch Association (TSWA), and the Southern Coastal Community Network General Information Theme: “Building Careers, Creating Identity – Youth for Sea Conservation”Participants: 47 […]
The Nepal Agriculture Co-operative Central Federation Limited (NACCFL) conducted a Workshop on Engagement of Women and Youth in Urban Farming on 17 October 2025 (Ashoj 31, 2082) in Shiddhartha Cottage, Dhobighat, Lalitpur, Nepal. The workshop brought together women and youth engaged in urban and peri-urban agriculture to strengthen their capacities, share best practices, and explore innovative and climate-resilient approaches to sustainable urban farming. It […]
Date: October 9, 2025Time: 10:00-12:00 Hanoi, Vietnam GMT+7 Co-organizers:Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Background The three Rio Conventions—the UNFCCC on climate change, the UNCBD on biodiversity, and the UNCCD on desertification—provide the global frameworks guiding policy action […]
Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Scaling Climate Solutions in Agrifood Systems:Climate-Smart Technologies, Carbon Market Pathways and COP30 PreparationOctober 7 – 9, 2025The Hanoi Club Hotel | Hanoi, Viet Nam BACKGROUND Agrifood systems in the Asia-Pacific region are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, facing intensifying risks from floods, droughts, and shifting weather patterns. At […]
On 24 September 2025, COAST Foundation and Bangladesh Farmers Forum, with support from the APFP-FO4A program, organized a roundtable discussion titled “COP30: Expectations and Challenges for Small-scale Farmers and Fishers,” bringing together leaders from farming and fishing communities to highlight their climate-related concerns. Speakers emphasized that the rights and roles of small-scale farmers and fishers remain largely […]
In the hills of Thad Village in Umsning Block, Ri-Bhoi district, Meghalaya, India, the fields have always been part of Deigracia Ryngtong’s life. As a farmer, she has long tended to ginger, pineapple, and chillies. These crops have supported her family for years. But for Deigracia, farming was more than a livelihood; it became the […]
