Thursday, 18 November 2021 | 18:00 – 20:00 CEST Join via Zoom: https://fao.zoom.us/j/98559695490 Meeting ID: 985 5969 5490 Passcode: 77670384 Partners in GFAR are preparing to hold a side event to the 2nd International Agro Biodiversity Congress to discuss how current trends towards transforming research and innovation need to be more inclusive of local and indigenous knowledge systems. The discussion will focus […]
Young Farmers’ Roundtable for the Support of Youth and the Generational Sustainability of Family Farming 4-5 October 2021 | 13:00 Rome time REGISTER Join FAO, AFA, and other farmers’ organizations working on the implementation of the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) in the Young Farmers’ Roundtable, to be held during the World […]
At the Food Systems Summit, the UN Secretary-General called for a food system that “can drive the global recovery in three fundamental ways – For People, For Planet, For Prosperity.” AFA shows its commitment by joining the Coalition on Agroecology, Coalition to End Hunger, and by working in solidarity with other global farmers and producer […]
Asian Family Farmers Declaration for the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 This is a consolidation of the key messages of small-scale women and men, young and young-at-heart family farmers, engaged in crops, livestock, fisheries, forestry, herding, and pastoralism. These key messages are the result of 11 independent dialogues in 10 countries, and 6 regional […]
Secure Land Rights for Sustainable Food Systems Infopoint Virtual Conference via Webex Meetings 27 September 2021 | 14:00-15:30 CET REGISTER Building sustainable food systems is inextricably linked with land. Join AFA in this EU InfoPoint Virtual Conference session on September 27, 2021, 14:00 CET, to learn how how secure land rights of people works as an incentive to […]
“ We cannot afford the youth to abandon farming – this is the single greatest threat to our food security. We emphasize that we can encourage the youth to take up farming if only we are able to provide ‘land to the tiller’ and to make farming dignified and decent work.” – Melissa Alamo from […]
On July 2, 2021, Prem Prakash Nepali of the National Land Right Forum (NLRF) presented the game-changing solutions led by NLRF to address the land tenure issues which affect family farmers in Nepal. Farmers and landless of Nepal have collectively played a historic role in the land rights movement since 1950 but [the issue 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 […]
