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 REGIONAL EXCHANGE AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FAIR October 2-3, 2020 Philippine Standard Time REGISTER HERE Introduction Honing young farmers as leaders and advocates for sustainable, resilient, and gender-sensitive agri-forest-based […]
The first online sharing session between young members of four indigenous communities in Indonesia (Mollo and Kasepuhan Pasir Eurih Indigenous Peoples) and the Philippines (Agta-Dumagat-Remontado Indigenous Peoples) was conducted virtually on 29 August 2020. The activity, which was conducted via Zoom and broadcasted via Youtube, serves as a safe space for indigenous youth to learn […]
Join the Young Farmers Dance Challenge and get a chance to win a grant of USD 1,000! We are inviting youth members of farmers organizations under the AFOSP-MTCP and APFP platform to join the Young Farmers Dance Challenge. This dance contest aims to: Attract young people to join Farmers Organizations Build friendship and cooperation […]
Young people from different provinces in Laos gathered at VAREE books cafe on 18-20 August 2020 for the Young Farmers Leadership and Advocacy Training organized by the Lao Farmer Network with support from AFOSP and FFF. This activity aims to provide support for youth activities. The activities conducted during this training include: Day 1: Mr. […]
Phouttasone Phaengvilay (Noy) of Hoi Agriculture Cooperative in Xiengjhouang, Laos is a young farmer member of the Lao Farmer Network who is doing vegetable cultivation among other farming activities. In this video, we follow Noy as she goes about her day-to-day activities.
Young Women and Men Farmers for Sustainable, Resilient, and Gender-Sensitive Agri-Forest Based Livelihoods With the rapid increase of population in the Asian region comes the rising demand for food. The Asian Development Bank projects that the agriculture sector needs to produce 60% more food globally by 2050, with developing countries requiring a 100% increase in […]
AFA member Lao Farmer Network (LFN) established a partnership with MTCP2-AFOSP in 2014, and since then, the farmers’ organization in Lao PDR has achieved a lot of accomplishments with the support of the program being implemented by the consortium AFA and La Via Campesina (LVC). The following are among these achievements: facilitating cross-learning between Lao […]
This article was originally published by FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok/Manila/Jakarta/Rome. Asia-Pacific’s smallholder family farmers produce most of the world’s food, yet they are facing a disproportionate impact on their livelihoods and food security due to the present coronavirus pandemic, a collaboration of FAO and advocacy groups warned today. The COVID-19 […]
