DOWNLOAD: Sustainable_Family_Farming_Agriculture_in_South_Asia_through_Partnerships South Asia, comprised of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, is home to about 1.8 billion people — nearly 25% of the world’s population.1 But with an area of 5.2 million square kilometers, or some 1% of the world’s area, South Asia is the most densely populated region in […]
The inception workshop “Family Farming Problems from the Perspective of Natural Resources Management: Land – Water – Forest – Pastures” was conducted in Jannat Regency Hotel in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic on 21 December 2018 to support family farming in Kyrgyzstan. The workshop was devoted to the UN International Family Farming Decade: 2019-2028. As part of […]
KLMPE 2018 IYFF+4: Inclusive Agricultural and Rural Development: No One Left Behind Over 300 farmers, farmer leaders, women and youth farmers, and representatives from farmer and fisher organizations (FOs) from all corners of the Philippines, representatives from government offices, civil society organizations (CSOs), and development partners participated in the Knowledge Learning Market and Policy Engagement […]
Asian Farmers Policy Agenda International Decade on Family Farming by Asian Farmers’ Association Asian Farmers Policy Agenda International Decade on Family Farming
View more photos here RATIONALE & OBJECTIVES The United Nations declared last December 2017, the years 2019-2019 as the “International Decade on Family Farming” This Decade aims to serve as a framework to promote better public policies on Family Farming. It offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the achievement of SDG 1 (ending poverty) and SDG2 (ending hunger, promoting food […]
The Knowledge Learning Market and Policy Engagement (KLMPE) 2017 with the theme “Moving Towards Inclusive Rural Transformation” has opened at the Asian Development Bank in Mandaluyong City on 27 November 2017. Around 250 Filipino farmers and fisher’s organizations, Philippine government, civil society organizations, development partners and farmer an fisher’s organizations from ASEAN member countries gathered […]
Around 250 Filipino farmers and fisher’s organizations, Philippine government, civil society organizations, development partners and farmer an fisher’s organizations from ASEAN member countries will gather on 27-28 November 2017 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Headquarters in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila to celebrate the fourth year of the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) through […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) participated in the just concluded 33rd FAO Asia Pacific Regional Conference (APRC) held last March 7-11 in Putrajaya Malaysia. The FAO APRC , convened every two years, is the regional governing body of FAO, and as such, has an important role to play in governance for […]
