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 […]
UNCCD COP17Restoring Agricultural Lands and Preventing Degradation: Financing Solutions through Public Development Banks27 August | 09:30 – 11:00 | MET-04 Co-organised by: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association(APRACA), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Agri-PDB Platform Rationale The RAIZ accelerator at a glanceLaunched at COP30 in Belém (November 2025), RAIZ (Resilient Agriculture Investment for Net-Zero […]
UNCCD COP17 UlaanBaatar 2026Food Systems and Soil Health Day Food systems transformation in Motion: Agroecology in principle, in policy and in practice : 27 August 2026 11:00–12:30 (AST GMT+3) Room MET24, Blue Zone Background Agroecology drives food systems transformation by strengthening local autonomy, reducing external inputs, and building resilience from the ground up. Integrated and […]
ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA — As governments and stakeholders gather for the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17), communities on the frontlines of land degradation, drought and climate change are calling for a stronger voice in decisions that directly affect their lives and livelihoods. Representing the […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and the International Land Coalition (ILC) have signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) to convene the ILC Asia Family Farming Platform, starting a new chapter of collaboration to strengthen the voices, rights, and leadership of family farmers across the region. For 2026, the platform will focus […]
UNCCD COP 17Nature-Based Solutions for Water Security in Central Asia: From Rangeland Stewardship to Artificial Glaciers25 August2 | 18:00-19:30 | MET-30 Background Central Asia faces a converging crisis of water scarcity, land degradation, and climate change. The region is warming at twice the global average rate, glaciers are retreating, and per capita water availability has declined more […]
