Landlessness and lack of secure tenurial rights to land, water, and forest resources have been identified as priority issues by many family farmers’ organizations across Asia. As landlessness continues to be a major problem for small-scale farmers, large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) become a serious threat to their livelihoods. The Land Matrix (LM) is a global, […]
Global Summit Dialogue with Farmers, Fishers, Pastoralists and Other Producers 12 July 2021 | 12:00 – 13:50 CEST REGISTER Background: The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) Global Summit Dialogue on Farmers, Fishers, Pastoralists and Other Producers will be co-convened by Dr. Agnes Kalibata, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy to the Food Systems Summit, together […]
Global Food Systems Summit Independent Dialogue of Farmers’ Organizations 8-9 July 2021 | CET/Rome time | Zoom REGISTER Ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit (FSS) in September and the pre-Summit this July, this Independent FSS Dialogue follows a series of previous dialogues held on a regional basis by different Farmers’ organisations, with the ambition […]
Review and Finalization of the Regional Action Plan for Family Farming in South Asia Follow Up Regional Consultation Meeting on UN Decade of Family Farming 29 July 2021 | 13.30-18.00 UTC+7 | Zoom REGISTER Background The SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), in collaboration with Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), International Cooperative Alliance Asia […]
Virtual Call Centres (VCCs) are a solution developed by farmers’ organizations in Bangladesh to enable farming operations to thrive despite restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic. This video explains how the VCCs work. This video is produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with GAFSP and Sara Bangla Krishak Society […]
Consolidating Family Farmers Voices on Food Systems SummitAFA Independent Dialogue Series for the Food Systems Summit1 July 2021 | 14:00 GMT/UTC+8 (Philippine Time) | ZoomREGISTER HERE Background The United Nation (UN) recognized that transforming food systems is central in efforts to achieve all the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 thus it has called […]
On 8 June 2021, the KAMMPIL AgriCoop, AFA partner in the Philippines, conducted a national independent dialogue in the Philippines as part of the pre-events for the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021. The dialogue was participated by smallholder farmers, fishers, and other food producers from various parts of the country. Read the result of […]
On 7 June 2021, the Viet Nam Farmers Union, AFA member in Vietnam, conducted a national independent dialogue in Vietnam as part of the pre-events for the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021. The dialogue was participated by smallholder farmers from various parts of the country. Read the result of the dialogue here: unfss2021-nid-vietnam-feedback Go […]
