The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), together with the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, will be holding “Farmers Meet Negotiators: Building Asia’s Climate Agenda for COP30”, a two-part regional activity to strengthen the voice of farmers and rural communities in the upcoming climate negotiations at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. These […]
Sory Channath, a 37-year-old young farmer from Tomnum Thmey Village, Chheap Commune, Toeuk Phos District, Kampong Chhnang Province, Cambodia, has built a career in hatching chicken eggs and supplying chicks to his community. He manages a 3-hectare farm, where he grows paddy rice on 2 hectares, raises poultry on 0.5 hectares, cultivates vegetables on 0.37 […]
As part of the UN Decade of Family Farming, the Voices for Change video series highlights perspectives from key actors in family farming. Watch how the FFF is linking forestry and farming and supporting family farmers’ organizations through insights from Esther Penunia (Asian Farmers’ Association), Ross Hilton (UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office), Zhimin Wu […]
The Young Farmers’ Enterprise Challenge Fund was established to empower young farmers, fishers, pastoralists, and forest users in building sustainable agri-forest-based businesses. Farming, fishing, pastoralism, and forest-based activities have long been the backbone of our communities, sustaining both our people and our environment. However, young people in these sectors face challenges including access to finance, […]
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 […]
Organisations representing more than 350 million family farmers and producers published an open letter to world leaders today, warning that global food security is at risk unless governments boost adaptation finance for small-scale production and promote a shift to more diverse, low-input agriculture. The UN Climate Summit (COP27) begins in Egypt today with 90 heads of […]
REGISTER Organized by the Forest and Farm Facility in collaboration with the Vietnam Farmer’s Union (VNFU) in the context of the UN Decade of Family Farming. Climate risks that negatively impact nature and people will further limit the services natural systems provide to society, and could reduce access to food, energy, healthcare, water and international trade. Building climate […]
INTRODUCTION TO AGRI-FOREST ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG FARMERS April to June 2022 THEME 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 INTRODUCTION Enterprise development, value chains and market linkages are terms that are increasingly being used when discussing […]
