With only 3 days before the Food Systems Summit 2021, AFA wishes to shed a light on the role of Family Farmers in Asia as game changers in making our food systems sustainable, inclusive, empowering. Family farmers are not just food producers but are knowledge producers and solution providers; and our organizations are our […]
“At SEWA we are working with women of the informal sector since last four decades to organize them because we feel that organizing is a core strength of being a trade union, we were born in 1972, so almost four decades. Now we are working in 16 states in India…” – Megha Desai, Senior […]
On July 26, 2021, AFA’s Secretary-General Ms. Estrella Penunia delivered an opening speech during the UNFSS Plenary’s Opening Session. With the theme “A Bold Ambition to Improve Food Systems,” Ms. Penunia highlighted the current state of our global food systems, and she emphasized what being bold means for small-scale food producers and family farmers. […]
MARKETING FARMERS PRODUCTS ONLINE Selling Agricultural Products through Facebook Shop 4 October 2021 | 14:00 GMT+8 Manila | Zoom Register at https://bit.ly/farmerfbshop When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, many countries imposed lockdown, strict guidelines were implemented on borders, transportations stopped, many establishments and businesses closed, many people lose their jobs. The once busy world was […]
Agriculture Resilient to Pandemic’s Impact: Transforming Food Systems to Reduce Loss and Waste 28 September 2021 | 16:00 GMT+8 Manila | Zoom Register at https://bit.ly/flwday Every year, the world throws out about 1.3 billion tons of food valued at USD 1 trillion. Food waste also creates a greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint bigger than many countries. […]
Guided by its agenda to promote the secure tenurial rights of small scale women and men family farmers over land and natural resources, the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) has participated in an online session that promotes the importance of land rights in building back better and in transforming food systems. Last […]
“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 […]
“Good food begins with farmers”. This is the rationale of the UN FSS pre-summit affiliated session organized by the SDG2 Advocacy Hub and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) last 28 July 2021, 13:30 CET via Zoom. There are a lot of stakeholders working towards achieving the SDG 2 target of eliminating hunger, […]
