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 […]
Namaste! I am Kritica Lageju, a farmer and member of ANFPa revolution center, Bhaktapur, Nepal. It’s been six years since I have been engaged in the production of mushrooms, mushroom seeds, and vegetables. I also distribute vegetables to farmers. As we know, Nepal is geographically an agricultural country. Its climate is very friendly for agriculture […]
I am Sagar Bajagain, 18 years old, a member of the All Nepal Peasants’ Federation (Revolutionary Centre). I am farming 19 Ropanis of land (20 Ropanis is equal to 1 hectare) in Sindhupalchowk. In this land, I grow vegetables in 5 Ropanis (0.25 hectare), plant bananas in 3 Ropanis, and cultivate cereal in 11 […]
I am Chetnath Koirala, an organic farmer from Gauradaha Municipality-4, Jhapa, Nepal. I have been engaged in organic farming for the past four years being affiliated with the Maharanijhoda Small Farmers Agriculture Cooperative Ltd. (SFACL). Currently, I am farming both organic seasonal and off-seasonal vegetables on my .33 hectare (10 Katha) farm. Maharanjhoda SFACL has […]
In Nepal, agriculture is not the priority sector of the youth farmers. There are many policies and strategies targeted to youth, but the youths are unable to sustain in their business as they lack productive assets, mainly capital assets. The youths are not trusted by the financial institutions and are not involved in policymaking process […]
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) […]
“Secured tenurial rights is the basic foundation of sustainable food systems. It is the bare minimum needed to empower farmers, landless and other marginalized groups to actively participate in a food system that is already extremely unbalanced.” This is the key insight raised by the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) in key […]
During the national forum on We Are Watching campaign in Nepal, Nahendra Khadka, the Coordinator of the Nepal Peasants Coalition, urged the National Planning Commission to incorporate the plight of small farmers into their policies to address climate change. “The problems of climate change should be treated as a political and an economic issue, instead […]
