BACKGROUND In 2018 and 2017 respectively, 51% of the world’s poorest and 62% of the hungry are in the Asia Pacific mostly in the rural areas. Ironically, the region has 80% of farming families working on two hectares average and producing 60% of the world’s food. Of those engaged in agriculture here, 50% are women […]
This article is originally published by the United Nations, 29 June 2020, un.org The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) Rome-based Agencies, will convene the Food Systems Summit in 2021, as a critical contribution to the Decade of Action to deliver the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals […]
KATHMANDU, NEPAL – Women and youth in agriculture in South Asia were the center of the discussions during the consultation meeting themed “Youth and Women in Agriculture: For Economic Development and Key to Food Security in Future” held on 9-11 June 2019 at Park Village Resort in Kathmandu, Nepal. Women and youth farmers as well […]
KLMPE 2018 IYFF+4: Inclusive Agricultural and Rural Development: No One Left Behind Over 300 farmers, farmer leaders, women and youth farmers, and representatives from farmer and fisher organizations (FOs) from all corners of the Philippines, representatives from government offices, civil society organizations (CSOs), and development partners participated in the Knowledge Learning Market and Policy Engagement […]
YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA – On October 20, 2018, 84 farmer leaders from 21 countries, representing 38 million small scale farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, herders and pastoralists, met with the 37 staff of the IFAD Asia and Pacific Region Division in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for the first Asia Pacific Region Farmers Forum (FAFO). The Forum was held in conjunction with […]
MTC2 Southeast Asia conducted a sub-regional steering committee at Cakra Kusuma Hotel in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 18 October 2018 mainly to discuss about the EU verification report, SIS mission preparation, MIS as well as give a pre-briefing for the Asia-Pacific Farmers Forum. View more photos here
Yogyakarta, Indonesia – Around 50 participants composed of farmer leaders, NIA secretariat staff, Knowledge Management (KM) officers, and Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) officers from Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, and Thailand, representatives from ASEAN Foundation and AgriCord as well as the regional secretariat from the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and […]
Coffee farmers from members of the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) in Southeast Asia namely AFFM, LFN, API, and FNN participate in the ASEAN Learning Series and Policy Engagement on Agricultural Cooperative (ALSPEAC): Inclusive Agricultural Value Chain for Coffee held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 19-21 July 2017. The forum provided a venue for farmers organizations involved […]
