This article is originally published by Mongabay. Our food systems are under enormous strain. As the climate crisis deepens – as highlighted by the recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – extreme weather events are growing in frequency and severity, with droughts, floods and storms devastating crops, disrupting water supplies and taking a high […]
This article is originally published by Just Rural Transition. Our food systems must change The world’s food systems are under immense strain. The climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and global political instability are all contributing to rising hunger and malnutrition worldwide. Most agricultural workers live in poverty, with poor job security, no social protection and […]
Lila Raj Raut, a young farmer from CTCF Nepal and current Regional Young Farmer Committee Chairperson of AFA, participated in the 4th National Rural Youth Festival held in Brasilia, Brazil on 25-27 April 2023. Themed “Sowing resistance and cultivating a new world“, the event gathered around 5000 young people from all over the world. At […]
Small and marginal Indian farmers including women farmers have been recipients and beneficiaries of innovation and knowledge “transferred” by scientists. However, their roles especially of the women farmers as the backbone of marginal farmer households in India are often not acknowledged. With an aim to highlight their contributions, particularly during India’s year of celebrating millets, […]
This article is originally posted by WRF. In order to strengthen the implementation of the 2nd Pillar of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF) on supporting youth and generational change in family farming, the World Rural Forum (WRF) is encouraging the creation of a group of young people from around the world to strengthen […]
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia joined other speakers from South Asia in a learning session on locally-led solutions for food security in South Asia, organized by US-based NGOs Interaction, in partnership with the Movement for Community-Led Development (MCLD) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The learning session was held virtually last 1 February 2023. […]
As a fitting start of the year, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) organized the event “Adjusting to the New Normal: Building Resilient Food Systems in the Face of Climate Change, Supply Shocks and Rising Energy Costs” last 14 January 2023 as one of the events held during the Oxford Real […]
