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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
