Women and their needs are still largely unaccounted for, with policies unfavorable to them. Through the formation of women’s groups and associations, women’s issues and needs were made visible in various arenas – community, market, and policy processes. The experience of Surendranagar Mahila Bal Vikas Mandal showed that the needs of women workers and farmers such as […]
Better food systems are critical to building a future with improved health, equality, and peace, with rich biodiversity and ecosystems, and with resilient and empowered people. Therefore, there must be a critical shift from a food security focus to food systems thinking: thinking about food, people, and the planet, that requires multi-level approaches with multi-stakeholders. […]
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 […]
ComDev Asia will be launching a new Rural Communication Services (RCS) Initiative and Community of Practice in the Asia-Pacific region. This virtual event will happen via Zoom on 18 November 2021 at 6:00 PM (Manila Time). The launch is in support of the implementation of a regional Participatory Communication Plan (PCP) within the framework of […]
Women have an important role in promoting initiatives, solutions, and innovations towards food system transformation. However, in many countries, women farmers are vulnerable to inequalities and are deprived of access to land and other critical resources like knowledge, technology, and power over agricultural decision-making that impacts their agricultural productivity. AFA works with partners in Asia […]
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) […]
Agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Higher temperatures eventually reduce yields of desirable crops while encouraging weed and pest proliferation. The fishery sector is also greatly affected by climate change. Rain-fed agriculture is primarily impacted due to rainfall variability and a reduction in the number of rainy days. Climate change heavily impacts the world’s […]
Participation in Agriculture Value Chain Development: Increasing Market Power of Family Farmers Lead Organizer: Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) June 10, 2021, 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM Philippine Standard Time (16.00-18.30 UTC+8) REGISTER HERE Background Understanding the Food Systems Summit The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has called on all world […]
