In Bangladesh, the National Family Farmers Forum and Partners Consultation on Food System Transition and Climate Resiliency was conducted on 8 August 2023 and attended by farmers’ organizations’ representatives and the SAARC Agriculture Center.
Background The recently held UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment highlighted the enormous contribution of food systems transformation to solving many of the world’s sustainability challenges. Among them are biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, income inequality, malnutrition, and climate change, which are interrelated crises that are undermining progress made toward the 2030 Agenda and pose threats to […]
REGISTER Date: Wednesday, 26 July Time: 08:00 – 09:00 CET This event will bring together representatives from regional farmer organisations and international initiatives to promote a just transition to sustainable food systems and discuss their experience in participating in national pathways, featuring positive examples from countries and highlighting challenges to genuine farmer influence over the […]
Date: 25 July Time: 11:00-12:30 CET Location: FAO HQ, Green Room (1st Floor, Building A) Description: By 2050, feeding a global population of almost 10 billion will require a radical transformation in how food is produced, processed, traded and consumed. Current food systems are failing to deliver overall positive outcomes for people, prosperity or the planet. To compound […]
REGISTER Leadership dialogue: Coalition of Action Roundtable Represented by H.E. State SecretaryMr. Christian Hofer, Director Generalof the Federal Office for Agriculturein Switzerland Where: Green Room, first floor Building A& online When: 24 July | 11:00-12.30CEST Side event “Towards healthy and sustainablefood systems: Agroecology, SoilHealth and Healthy Diets” Where: Ethiopia Room C285 & online When: 24 […]
UN Food System Stocktaking Moment Rome, 24-26 of July 2023 REGISTER Family Farming presents the most promising prospects for achieving the required transformation, encompassing production systems and food governance in the context of climate change and interconnected crisis. It entails the transition towards more agroecological and resilient practices, ensuring the preservation of biodiversity, efficient management […]
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 […]
Lila Raj Raut, a young farmer from CTCF Nepal and current Regional Young Farmer Committee Chairperson of AFA, participated in the 4th National Rural Youth Festival held in Brasilia, Brazil on 25-27 April 2023. Themed “Sowing resistance and cultivating a new world“, the event gathered around 5000 young people from all over the world. At […]
