Regional Consultation Meeting Promoting Healthy, Sustainable, and Inclusive Food Systems in Response to COVID-19 in South Asia 29-30 March 2022 | 10:30 – 14:30 GMT+6 (Bangladesh) REGISTER Background Globally, around 30% of the population suffer from multiple micronutrient deficiencies, around 10 million children die each year before they attain the age of 5 years and […]
Learning Exchange on Rural Women and Cooperativism 24 March 2022 8:00 am – 10:00am Bolivia 1:00 pm – 3 pm Cameroon and Spain 8:00pm-10:00pm Philippines REGISTER The World Rural Forum is pleased to invite you to the series of exchanges “Rural women and cooperatives”, aimed at promoting the catalytic role of associations and cooperatives in […]
We are pleased to share with you the 2021 Directory of Farmers’ Organizations. This publication features the profiles of farmers’ organizations under the programs supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the European Union (EU). Click here to view or download this publicationÂ
Join AFA and other regional FOs in the International Roundtable for Farmers’ Organizations: Exchange on COP 26 messages today, 5:30PM Manila time. We will be highlighting the results of the We Are Watching campaign, and discuss the challenges and contributions of AFA and its members/ partners to mitigate/ adapt to climate change. Do you know […]
Agriculture Resilient to Pandemic’s Impact: Transforming Food Systems to Reduce Loss and Waste 28 September 2021 | 16:00 GMT+8 Manila | Zoom Register at https://bit.ly/flwday Every year, the world throws out about 1.3 billion tons of food valued at USD 1 trillion. Food waste also creates a greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint bigger than many countries. […]
This book is an output of a regional experts’ consultation meeting on “UN Decade of Family Farming: Formulating Strategies and Action Plan to Strengthen Smallholder Family Farmers in South Asia”, 5-6 November 2020 organized by SAARC Agriculture Center (SAC), Bangladesh in collaboration with Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA), Philippines, and the International Cooperative Alliance Asia and […]
This Manifesto on Forgotten Foods is the result of a broad and intensive consultation process carried out in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East (see Annex 1 for the roadmap). It was facilitated by GFAR as part of its Collective Actions to Empower Farmers at the Center of Innovation; led by a coalition of […]
Esther Penunia, AFA Secretary General Closing Message Celebrating the Achievements of AFOSP-MTCP2 27 April 2021 | Zoom A pleasant day to all of you, dear friends, colleagues from country FO platforms, and dear partners, who have come here today for the wrap-up activity of the project: ASEAN Farmers Organizations’ Support Program or AFOSP-MTCP2. AFA has […]
