Bibek Rai, a 30-year-old resident of Suryodaya Municipality-10, Ilam District, Koshi Province, Nepal, is a young and passionate tea farmer and entrepreneur. He is affiliated with the Ratnachowk Tea Producer Cooperative Society Ltd. and serves as a member of the youth committee of the Central Tea Cooperative Federation (CTCF) Nepal, a member of the Asian […]
We are small-scale women, men, and young family farmers from 13 organizations in 9 countries, members and partners of the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), who have participated in the survey, focus group discussions, and experience sharing on digital agriculture. Here we discussed the situation, challenges, and recommendations on digital agriculture. In […]
In 2022, AFA partnered with the Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation (GFAR) and Agricultural Research Associations (APAARI) in the Collective Action on Inclusive Digital Transformation in Agriculture that aims at empowering small-scale producers to co-develop good practices and negotiate business models that work for them, and at making all other actors in the Digital Agriculture value […]
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 […]
In 2021, the Central Tea Cooperative Federation (CTCF) Nepal conducted a three-day training aimed at equipping young farmers with sustainable farming practices and providing them with inputs to support their enterprises. The training covered key areas such as sustainable agriculture, the development of lobbying, advocacy, and leadership skills for young farmers engaged in agroforestry and […]
BANGKOK, THAILAND – On July 5, 2022, thirty-seven participants, members, and partners of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives on Community Empowerment (SEARICE), from 13 Asian countries, gathered in Bangkok, Thailand for a three-day workshop, with the theme “Transforming Asia’s Food Systems Through Rights Based Solutions: Capacity […]
Better food systems are critical to building a future with improved health, equality, and peace, with rich biodiversity and ecosystems, and with resilient and empowered people. Â Therefore, there must be a critical shift from a food security focus to food systems thinking: thinking about food, people, and the planet, that requires multi-level approaches with multi-stakeholders. […]
AFA’s young farmers’ initiative has been nominated for the ILC Good Practice Award at the 2022 Global Land Forum. Please show your support by voting here: https://bit.ly/3D7r2Oa Deadline to vote: 31st March 2022 ____ With Asia facing an ageing farming population, the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) is aiming to attract youth […]
