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 […]
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) […]
“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 […]
Smallholder farmers in Bangladesh join the global call to action against climate change. They call on the world leaders attending the COP26 to recognize family farmers as solution providers and to invest in establishing a Farmers’ Empowerment and Climate Resiliency Trust Fund. “Due to climate change, farmers in Bangladesh are in a vulnerable situation. Because […]
To mitigate the effects of #climatechange on smallholder farmers, Roy Ribo of KAMMPIL Philippines highlighted three main pushes of the Farmers Organizations action plan at the local, national, and global levels. Establish Farmers’ Empowerment and Climate Resiliency Trust Fund. Push for a farmer’s resiliency and empowerment trust funds where member states and the United Nations […]
Farmers’ Organizations and Civil Society Organizations in Cambodia propose the following to mitigate the effects of climate change on smallholder farmers: Develop a replanting program and small-scale irrigation system and climate change awareness-raising program at the local level Increase national funds for climate change (for replanting and forest protection) Support the utilization of environmentally friendly […]
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 […]
