Regional exchange to share findings and call for action on food system transition and climate resiliency October 12, 2023 / 3:30 – 5:00 pm Manila time (GMT+8) Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87320327385 Zoom Meeting ID: 873 2032 7385 Background From August to September this year, AFA, together with its members and partners, convened 12 […]
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 […]
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia joined other speakers from South Asia in a learning session on locally-led solutions for food security in South Asia, organized by US-based NGOs Interaction, in partnership with the Movement for Community-Led Development (MCLD) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The learning session was held virtually last 1 February 2023. […]
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 event features high-level interventions and evidence-based practices from countries and key international actors for agriculture-forestry win-win opportunities that directly contribute to climate change mitigation and resilient landscapes for food security and livelihoods. The panel discussion provided participants with valuable insights on approaches to achieving synergistic relationships between agriculture and forestry in order to feed […]
This is an opinion piece by AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia for Context. Read the original web post here. COP27 opened in the middle of a global food crisis and followed months of extreme floods, drought and heat which have damaged harvests across the globe. Food and agriculture have never been higher on the climate […]
Transforming Asia’s Food Systems Through Rights-based Solutions Capacity Building Workshop on UNDROP and Agroecology July 5-8, 2022 I Bangkok, Thailand OBJECTIVES: Formally forge the four-year-long partnership among 24 organizations that will advocate for UNDROP and agroecology in their respective countries. Create a regional alliance among the 24 CSO participants that will promote agroecology and peasants’ […]
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 […]
