AFA coordinator for Sustainable Agriculture Agenda, Irish Baguilat, participated in the two-day multistakeholder consultation and planning workshop on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Agriculture and Forestry Towards Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods in the ASEAN Region organized by the ASEAN Secretariat Food and Forestry Division, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and […]
Small and marginal Indian farmers including women farmers have been recipients and beneficiaries of innovation and knowledge “transferred” by scientists. However, their roles especially of the women farmers as the backbone of marginal farmer households in India are often not acknowledged. With an aim to highlight their contributions, particularly during India’s year of celebrating millets, […]
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia joined other speakers from South Asia in a learning session on locally-led solutions for food security in South Asia, organized by US-based NGOs Interaction, in partnership with the Movement for Community-Led Development (MCLD) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The learning session was held virtually last 1 February 2023. […]
Berlin, Germany – AFA Secretary General Ma. Estrella “Esther” Penunia joined as a panelist during the kick-off of the three-day Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) held on 19 January 2023 in Berlin, Germany. The GFFA is the world’s leading international conference on key issues relating to the future of the agri-food sector. The […]
Farmer and Forest Producers’ Organizations Declaration For COP27 and Beyond Regional Workshop on Pathways to Climate Change 21-22 October 2022 | Pasay City Philippines We, the representatives of 19 small-scale, fishers, Indigenous Peoples, and pastoralists organizations from 12 countries who took part in the Regional Workshop organized by the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable […]
We, 40 representatives of seven (7) regional/international small-scale farmers’ and fishers’ organizations (FOs),[1] with a combined membership of 24 million, 34% of whom are women and 23% are youth, have gathered both in-person and virtually for the 2nd Asia Pacific Regional Farmers Forum (AP RFAFO) on 26-27 October 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. We have been accompanied […]
Translating UNFSS commitments into actions: Focus on the Coalition for Transforming Food Systems through Agroecology 6 October 2022 | 1:30 – 2:30 pm Bangkok time (GMt+7) Physical: Hotel Millennium Hilton, Bangkok, Thailand Online: Zoom Food systems account for a third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, is a leading cause of biodiversity loss, depletion and […]
BANGKOK, THAILAND – On July 5, 2022, thirty-seven participants, members, and partners of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives on Community Empowerment (SEARICE), from 13 Asian countries, gathered in Bangkok, Thailand for a three-day workshop, with the theme “Transforming Asia’s Food Systems Through Rights Based Solutions: Capacity […]
