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 […]
This article is originally published by Just Rural Transition. Our food systems must change The world’s food systems are under immense strain. The climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and global political instability are all contributing to rising hunger and malnutrition worldwide. Most agricultural workers live in poverty, with poor job security, no social protection and […]
As a fitting start of the year, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) organized the event “Adjusting to the New Normal: Building Resilient Food Systems in the Face of Climate Change, Supply Shocks and Rising Energy Costs” last 14 January 2023 as one of the events held during the Oxford Real […]
Berlin, Germany – AFA Secretary General Ma. Estrella “Esther” Penunia joined as a panelist during the kick-off of the three-day Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) held on 19 January 2023 in Berlin, Germany. The GFFA is the world’s leading international conference on key issues relating to the future of the agri-food sector. The […]
Farmer and Forest Producers’ Organizations Declaration For COP27 and Beyond Regional Workshop on Pathways to Climate Change 21-22 October 2022 | Pasay City Philippines We, the representatives of 19 small-scale, fishers, Indigenous Peoples, and pastoralists organizations from 12 countries who took part in the Regional Workshop organized by the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable […]
We, 40 representatives of seven (7) regional/international small-scale farmers’ and fishers’ organizations (FOs),[1] with a combined membership of 24 million, 34% of whom are women and 23% are youth, have gathered both in-person and virtually for the 2nd Asia Pacific Regional Farmers Forum (AP RFAFO) on 26-27 October 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. We have been accompanied […]
The DGRV (German Cooperative and Raiffesen Confederation), the national apex organization and top-level auditing confederation of the cooperative sector in Germany, and the AFA (Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development), jointly conducted a three-day virtual training on Cooperative Governance, held last July 27-29, 2022, with 15 participants (7 females), from 11 members and national […]
