INTRODUCTION TO AGRI-FOREST ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG FARMERS April to June 2022 THEME Young Women and Men Farmers As Advocates for Sustainable, Resilient, Gender Sensitive Agri-Forest-Based Livelihoods: Young Farmers for Farms in Forests, Forests in Farms INTRODUCTION Enterprise development, value chains and market linkages are terms that are increasingly being used when discussing […]
The Regional Action Plan for strengthening family farming in South Asia has been elaborated through a participatory and multi-stakeholder approach in the framework of the UN Decade of Family Farming and in close collaboration with SAARC Agriculture Center, the Asia Farmer Association for Sustainable Rural Development and the International Cooperative Alliance – Asia Pacific. Consultations […]
Learning Exchange on Rural Women and Cooperativism 24 March 2022 8:00 am – 10:00am Bolivia 1:00 pm – 3 pm Cameroon and Spain 8:00pm-10:00pm Philippines REGISTER The World Rural Forum is pleased to invite you to the series of exchanges “Rural women and cooperatives”, aimed at promoting the catalytic role of associations and cooperatives in […]
This article was originally published by IUCN Binh Minh Agroforestry Cooperative in Yen Bai Province in northern Viet Nam exemplifies how a cooperative can improve the lives of communities. A group of 18 farmers transformed itself from an informal group into the registered cooperative, with 60 hectares of Forest Stewardship Council certified plantation and a chain […]
The pandemic and its consequences have had a huge impact on the livelihoods and welfare of small-scale family farmers. As expressed and observed, the disruptions within supply chains have widened the challenges confronting small-scale farmers and are partly because many farmers don’t have full control and access to productive resources, financial services, and affordable technologies […]
2021 Knowledge Learning Market and Policy Engagement (KLMPE) “Building back better towards resilient, inclusive and sustainable rural development” 9-10 December 2021 | 08:00 – 17:00 GMT+8 Philippine time | Zoom REGISTER Background and Rationale Thirteen years and counting, the Knowledge Learning Market and Policy Engagement (KLMPE) has been the platform for government agencies, civil society […]
In the framework of the MOU between NAMAC and IFAD, under the Asia-Pacific Farmers’ Program, NAMAC’s 16 member cooperatives from Arkhangai, Bulgan, Gobi-Altai, Dornod, Dundgobi, Khuvsgul, Khentii, Sukhbaatar, and Uvurkhangai provinces submitted a 4P business plan to the IFAD and 11 of them were selected to receive a soft loan from IFAD. Thus, on 8 […]
The UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) has put on the spotlight the contributions of family farmers and at the same time calls on all stakeholders to create opportunities for family farmers to achieve their full potential, thereby significantly contributing to SDG goals. Some fundamental steps are the translation of the Global Action Plan (GAP) […]
