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. […]
“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, […]
