In Nepal, agriculture is not the priority sector of the youth farmers. There are many policies and strategies targeted to youth, but the youths are unable to sustain in their business as they lack productive assets, mainly capital assets. The youths are not trusted by the financial institutions and are not involved in policymaking process […]
The UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) has put on the spotlight the contributions of family farmers and at the same time calls on all stakeholders to create opportunities for family farmers to achieve their full potential, thereby significantly contributing to SDG goals. Some fundamental steps are the translation of the Global Action Plan (GAP) […]
During the national forum on We Are Watching campaign in Nepal, Nahendra Khadka, the Coordinator of the Nepal Peasants Coalition, urged the National Planning Commission to incorporate the plight of small farmers into their policies to address climate change. “The problems of climate change should be treated as a political and an economic issue, instead […]
Background The concept of Branding has been around for hundreds of years and likely much longer. What it means to brand something has broadened quite a bit since the word first came into use. Despite the changes, each of the older kinds of branding is still widely used today. To date, distribution channels are far-reaching […]
An online training on leadership and advocacy for sustainable, resilient, gender-sensitive, agri-forest based livelihood aimed at young farmers was conducted on 8-12 September 2020 by AFA members in Nepal CTCF and NRLF with support from the FFF project implemented by AFA. Seven youth members of CTCF and 6 youth members of NLRF–all under the age […]
Young Women and Men Farmers As Advocates for Sustainable, Resilient, Gender Sensitive Agri-Forest Based Livelihoods: Young Farmers for Farms in Forests, Forests in Farms REGIONAL EXCHANGE AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FAIR October 2-3, 2020 Philippine Standard Time REGISTER HERE Introduction Honing young farmers as leaders and advocates for sustainable, resilient, and gender-sensitive agri-forest-based […]
C CTCF Nepal is the best performing client of Agriterra Netherlands in 2018 and 2019.
AFA regularly conducts virtual sharing sessions on how family farmers are affected by the COVID-19 issues and on how their organizations try to respond to the challenges they face. The sharing sessions are meant to bring solidarity among our members and to learn and be inspired by the initiatives of others. In this article, […]
