Across Cambodia, small-scale farmers are finding new opportunities through stronger farmer organizations, collective enterprises, and improved access to markets and resources. Through the Asia-Pacific Farmers Programme – Farmers’ Organisations for Asia (APFP-FO4A), the Farmer and Nature Net Association (FNN), together with Farmer and Water Net Association, Farmer Promoting Family Agricultural Enterprise in Cambodia (FAEC), Cambodian […]
Background: A woman, a farm, and a mission Every harvest begins with a seed. But the story of Pestales Agriculture Cooperative began with something else—a question. Why do the people who work the hardest often earn the least? I am Jenalyn A. Entoy, Chairperson and Founder of Pestales Agriculture Cooperative, a grassroots social enterprise committed […]
What does it take to connect small-scale farmers with public schools, government food programs, and other institutional buyers? Today is Day 1 of the Learning and Documentation Workshop on School Feeding and Institutional Food Procurement. Participants from 12 agri-cooperatives began exploring this question by sharing their experiences, challenges, innovations, and lessons from engaging with school […]
Quezon City, Philippines — The four-day FARM (Financing Agrochemical Reduction and Management) Module Development Workshop officially kicked off on September 1, 2026, bringing together farmer leaders, technical experts, resource persons, module developers, and development partners to strengthen training materials on safer and more sustainable crop protection. Organized by the Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA) in partnership with […]
The Unfinished Business of Agrarian Reform in the PhilippinesBy Nikka Rivera Agrarian reform in the Philippines was never only about distributing land. When the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law was enacted in 1988, it sought to address longstanding inequalities in land ownership and land concentration by redistributing agricultural land to landless farmers and farmworkers, securing their […]
UNCCD COP17Youth4Soil Manifesto & Celebration of International Year of the WomanFarmer 202615:30-17:00, MET24 BackgroundLand and soil restoration are crucial for achieving food security, climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable livelihoods. Young people are already taking the lead in land and soil restoration; they are training peers, restoring degraded lands, practicing composting and agroecology, applying Indigenous and local knowledge, […]
UNCCD COP17Restoring Land, Redirecting Finance: Repurposing Public Support for a Just Rural Transition27 August | 15:30 – 17:00 | MET-21Organised by: Clim-Eat, IFAD, WWF International, Agroecology Coalition Background The Voices for Just Rural Transitions (Voices4JRT) project offers a direct answer: by redirecting public finance toward the priorities of the people who manage that land. Drawing on […]
UNCCD COP17Family farming at the heart of land restoration: Scaling farmer-led solutions to land degradation and drought and fostering rural development27 August | 15:00 – 16:30 | MET-01 Event Description As land degradation accelerates and drought threatens the livelihoods of millions, family farmers, who manage over 80% of the world’s agricultural land, are too often […]
