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 […]
In the village of Umkadhor, Ri-Bhoi District, Meghalaya, India, woman farmer City Sohkhwai tends to her one-acre farm with dedication. On this plot of land, she grows ginger, pineapple, paddy, and arecanut, while also raising pigs and backyard chickens. Support from the North East India Committee on Relief and Development (NEICORD) played an important role […]
In the quiet, green expanses of Kynrud Village in Mairang Block, Eastern West Khasi Hills, farmer Sentenary Diengdoh begins each day tending to her land, her crops, and the livelihood that sustains her family. For as long as she can remember, farming has been her way of life. On her five acres of land, Sentenary […]
Islamabad, Pakistan — A new chapter in Pakistan’s agricultural movement has begun with the official launch of the Pakistan Farmers Network (Pak-FN), established on September 11, 2025 under the APFP-FO4A Program by the Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF). Pak-FN is set to become the apex national platform for smallholder and family farmers, strengthening their collective voice in policy-making, advancing climate resilience, and […]
The Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF), in partnership with the FPCCI Central Standing Committee on Agriculture, organized the “Seminar on National Consultation on Climate Action and Family Farming in Pakistan” on 12 September 2025 at FPCCI Capital Office, Islamabad, Pakistan. The seminar, conducted with support from the APFP-FO4A program, was attended by stakeholders from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, […]
“I have come here today not just to speak, but to dream. These three days will teach us how youth can return to agriculture in their own way—how they can modernize it without abandoning its values.” – Meenaben, Youth Farmer from Gujarat The Self-Employed Women’s Associa on (SEWA), with over 3.2 million women workers across […]
