Land rights empower family farmers and communities to build stronger socio-economic communities by transitioning to a more localised and circular food economy. On September 27, 2021, the European Commission and the International Land Coalition (ILC) organized an InfoPoint conference entitled the “Secure Land Rights for Sustainable Food Systems”. The discussion aimed to mobilize support to […]
Young Farmers’ Roundtable for the Support of Youth and the Generational Sustainability of Family Farming 4-5 October 2021 | 13:00 Rome time REGISTER Join FAO, AFA, and other farmers’ organizations working on the implementation of the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) in the Young Farmers’ Roundtable, to be held during the World […]
LAND MATRIX: More than 10 years after the surge of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) by international investors for agricultural production, the impacts in developing countries are sobering, in part alarming. By 2020, the Land Matrix had recorded 1 865 deals with a staggering total targeted size of 33 million hectares (of which 30 million hectares […]
Don’t miss out on the next Community – based NTFP Enterprise (CBNE) Forum 2021: A Season of Learning. Mark your calendars for 13-14 October 2021! The Non-timber Forest Products – Exchange Programme (NTFP-EP), in cooperation with the FAO Forest and Farm Facility (FFF), RECOFTC, the Asian Farmers Association (AFA), the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity (ACB), […]
At the Food Systems Summit, the UN Secretary-General called for a food system that “can drive the global recovery in three fundamental ways – For People, For Planet, For Prosperity.” AFA shows its commitment by joining the Coalition on Agroecology, Coalition to End Hunger, and by working in solidarity with other global farmers and producer […]
Asian Family Farmers Declaration for the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 This is a consolidation of the key messages of small-scale women and men, young and young-at-heart family farmers, engaged in crops, livestock, fisheries, forestry, herding, and pastoralism. These key messages are the result of 11 independent dialogues in 10 countries, and 6 regional […]
Secure Land Rights for Sustainable Food Systems Infopoint Virtual Conference via Webex Meetings 27 September 2021 | 14:00-15:30 CET REGISTER Building sustainable food systems is inextricably linked with land. Join AFA in this EU InfoPoint Virtual Conference session on September 27, 2021, 14:00 CET, to learn how how secure land rights of people works as an incentive to […]
“ We cannot afford the youth to abandon farming – this is the single greatest threat to our food security. We emphasize that we can encourage the youth to take up farming if only we are able to provide ‘land to the tiller’ and to make farming dignified and decent work.” – Melissa Alamo from […]
