On July 2, 2021, Prem Prakash Nepali of the National Land Right Forum (NLRF) presented the game-changing solutions led by NLRF to address the land tenure issues which affect family farmers in Nepal. Farmers and landless of Nepal have collectively played a historic role in the land rights movement since 1950 but [the issue of] […]
Women have an important role in promoting initiatives, solutions, and innovations towards food system transformation. However, in many countries, women farmers are vulnerable to inequalities and are deprived of access to land and other critical resources like knowledge, technology, and power over agricultural decision-making that impacts their agricultural productivity. AFA works with partners in Asia […]
With only 3 days before the Food Systems Summit 2021, AFA wishes to shed a light on the role of Family Farmers in Asia as game changers in making our food systems sustainable, inclusive, empowering. Family farmers are not just food producers but are knowledge producers and solution providers; and our organizations are our […]
“At SEWA we are working with women of the informal sector since last four decades to organize them because we feel that organizing is a core strength of being a trade union, we were born in 1972, so almost four decades. Now we are working in 16 states in India…” – Megha Desai, Senior […]
On July 26, 2021, AFA’s Secretary-General Ms. Estrella Penunia delivered an opening speech during the UNFSS Plenary’s Opening Session. With the theme “A Bold Ambition to Improve Food Systems,” Ms. Penunia highlighted the current state of our global food systems, and she emphasized what being bold means for small-scale food producers and family farmers. […]
MARKETING FARMERS PRODUCTS ONLINE Selling Agricultural Products through Facebook Shop 4 October 2021 | 14:00 GMT+8 Manila | Zoom Register at https://bit.ly/farmerfbshop When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, many countries imposed lockdown, strict guidelines were implemented on borders, transportations stopped, many establishments and businesses closed, many people lose their jobs. The once busy world was […]
Land Matrix Analytical Report III: Taking Stock of the Global Land Rush 28 September 2021, 13:00 – 14:00 CEST Register here: https://ifad.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsc-uorjopH937X2FPu0AfJJ7l8u6Ml78t More than 10 years after the surge in large-scale land acquisitions in developing countries following the spike in agricultural commodity prices in the late 2000s, the Land Matrix Initiative (LMI) has taken stock of […]
In Nepal, agriculture is not the priority sector of the youth farmers. There are many policies and strategies targeted to youth, but the youths are unable to sustain in their business as they lack productive assets, mainly capital assets. The youths are not trusted by the financial institutions and are not involved in policymaking process […]
