Agricultural cooperatives play a crucial role in promoting equality and fostering the engagement of women and youth in the socio-economic arena. The initiative “Empowering women and youth through inclusive cooperatives and agricultural value chains toward peace and development in Mindanao” aims to enhance gender equality and ensure the active participation of young farmers in […]
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines – The First Asia-Pacific Young Farmers Camp and Agrilympics (YFCA), held from August 12-16, 2024, at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), brought together around 130 young farmers, fishers, pastoralists, forest-users and indigenous peoples from 20 countries across Asia-Pacific. The event aimed to strengthen young farmer engagement in their […]
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines – Excitement is in the air as the First Asia-Pacific Young Farmers Camp and Agrilympics (YFCA) gears up for a spectacular event at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Laguna, Philippines from 12-16 August 2024. This event will bring together 130 young farmers, fishers, pastoralists, and forest-users from 20 […]
The $250,000 World Food Prize, considered by many the Nobel Prize of food and agriculture, was awarded today to an Indian scientist credited with launching a "blue revolution" (a rapid increase in fish production) in the developing world.
Modadugu Gupta has spent 30 years creating a cheap and ecologically sustainable system of small-scale fish-farming using abandoned ditches and seasonally flooded fields and water holes smaller than the average swimming pool.
One of the important recent concepts in agricultural development has been the concern for sustainability. This concern originated with the high tech, high input and high yielding systems of the developed world and its meaning and appropriateness to the developing world. The presentation represents some reflections on the application of sustainability to the developing countries of Asia.
Sustainable agriculture is defined as agriculture that balances the need for essential agricultural commodities such as food, fibre, etc. with the necessity of protecting the physical environment and public health, the foundation of agriculture.
Nine representatives from the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) member farmers’ organizations and AFA Secretariat, namely Mr. Lilaraj Raut, AFA Regional Young Farmer Committee Chairperson and a secretariat staff of the Central Tea Cooperative Federation (CTFC) (Nepal), Mr. Aitkul Burkhanov, a forest user and Director of the the Kyrgyz Association of Forest and Land Users […]
Committee on World Food Security (CFS) 51 Side event 20 Nature based solutions and decent employment for equitable and inclusive agri-food systems Wednesday, 25 October; 13.30 — 14.45 (UTC+2) Iran Room & via Zoom REGISTRATION The contribution of Nature based Solutions (~NbS) to climate action and Nature conservation is increasingly gaining attention globally. Nevertheless, their […]
For photography enthusiasts, family farming advocates and environment-lovers! We are delighted to announce the International Photo Contest organized by the World Rural Forum (WRF), which highlights the importance of family farming and showcases its key role in the sustainability of our planet. We want participants to capture the essence of family farming and show the […]
