Seeds Learning Exchange Part 2From Sharing to Scaling: Cooperative Models Across BordersExpanding horizons, cultivating stronger cooperativesOctober 2026 | Philippines Context The Seeds Learning Exchange Part I was successfully completed in October 2025. Four AFA members from Timor Leste, Indonesia, and Laos traveled to Cambodia to share their experiences in producing and marketing rice and vegetable […]
UNCCD COP17Youth4Soil Manifesto & Celebration of International Year of the WomanFarmer 202615:30-17:00, MET24 BackgroundLand and soil restoration are crucial for achieving food security, climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable livelihoods. Young people are already taking the lead in land and soil restoration; they are training peers, restoring degraded lands, practicing composting and agroecology, applying Indigenous and local knowledge, […]
UNCCD COP17High Level Event – Food Systems and Soil Health Day High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on Food Systems and Soil Health27 August 2026 | 13:00 – 15:00 Ulaanbaatar time/GMT+8 | Action Dome, MongoliaInterpretation EN/FR/ES/MN Background Food systems sit at the center of the interconnected challenges of land degradation, climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity. At […]
UNCCD COP17Restoring Agricultural Lands and Preventing Degradation: Financing Solutions through Public Development Banks27 August | 09:30 – 11:00 | MET-04 Co-organised by: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association(APRACA), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Agri-PDB Platform Rationale The RAIZ accelerator at a glanceLaunched at COP30 in Belém (November 2025), RAIZ (Resilient Agriculture Investment for Net-Zero […]
ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA — As governments and stakeholders gather for the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17), communities on the frontlines of land degradation, drought and climate change are calling for a stronger voice in decisions that directly affect their lives and livelihoods. Representing the […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and the International Land Coalition (ILC) have signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) to convene the ILC Asia Family Farming Platform, starting a new chapter of collaboration to strengthen the voices, rights, and leadership of family farmers across the region. For 2026, the platform will focus […]
UNCCD COP 17Nature-Based Solutions for Water Security in Central Asia: From Rangeland Stewardship to Artificial Glaciers25 August2 | 18:00-19:30 | MET-30 Background Central Asia faces a converging crisis of water scarcity, land degradation, and climate change. The region is warming at twice the global average rate, glaciers are retreating, and per capita water availability has declined more […]
UNCCD COP17 Side EventBridging Economic Viability, Sustainability, and Food Security through Farmer-Led Land Stewardship24 August | 10:30 – 12:00 | MET-07 Background While global climate and land conventions like the UNCCD set agendas, farmer organizations often arrive at these international tables with fragmented messaging, regionally distinct language, culture, context and competing priorities. To maximize the […]
