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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 security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture).
As a member of the World Rural Forum who spearheaded the campaign, AFA is a key player in the Asia region in the advocacy towards the Decade on Family Farming. Now that it has been declared, we would like to shape the Decade such that it will really be of benefit to family farmers worldwide, 70% of which are in the Asia region.
The objective of this workshop is to reflect, discuss and agree on the main priorities and actions that AFA member organizations will take in their respective countries in particular and in the Asia region in general towards the full maximization of the potentials that the International Decade on Family Farming. For that, this workshop aims to agree on a baseline document with concrete proposals for its implementation in Asia as well a draft of policy advocacy demands for the amelioration of family farming in Asia. Discussions will touch upon the following five point agenda of AFA: (1) rights to natural resources-land, water, forests, seeds; (2) sustainable, resilient agriculture; (3) farmers cooperatives and their enterprises; (4) women empowerment; and (5) attracting the youth to agriculture.
DELIVERABLES
This workshop will produce an organizational document that outlines key policies to be proposed and key actions to be undertaken during the International Decade on Family Farming, both at national, sub national and regional levels.
PROGRAM
Over-all Facilitators:
Lany Rebagay, Policy Advocacy Manager, AFA
Daniel Ruiz de Garibay, Asia Coordinator, World Rural Forum
| Time | Session | Facilitator | |
| 07.30-08.00 | Registration | AFA | |
| 08.00-08.15 | Welcome Remarks
-Shazada Begum, Vice Chairperson, AFA -Daniel Ruiz de Garibay, WRF |
AFA | |
| Part 2 : WRF and AFA Priorities and Plans for the Decade on Family Farming | |||
| 10.00-10.15 | Break | ||
| 10.15–12.00
10.15-10.30
10.30 -12.15
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Session 2: AFA/Asia Action Plan for the Decade on Family Farming Overview of the global civil society process in crafting an action plan for the decade on Family Farming (15 minutes) Sub regional grouping : Country and sub regional priorities ( policy and action level) for the Decade on Family Farming , according to the five priority agenda of AFA |
WRF
AFA |
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| 12.15 -13.30 | Lunch Break | ||
| 13.30-14.30
14.30-14.45 14.45-15.00
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Plenary Reporting and Quick Synthesis of Session 2
Session 3 : Sharing of Initiatives in other Regions in Promoting the Decade of FF Closing Remarks -Shazada Begum, Vice Chairperson, AFA |
WRF
AFA
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| 15.00-15.15 | Health Break | ||
| Part 3: Caucuses among Women and Young Farmers | |||
| 15.15-16.15
16.15-17.15 |
AFA Women Farmers Caucus/Meeting
AFA Youth Farmers Caucus |
AFA
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PRESENTATIONS & OTHER REFERENCES
- Corporate Concentration in Global Agriculture: Impacts on Farmers (ETC Group)
- Decade of Family Farming – Daniel Ruiz de Garibay
- Draft Action Plan of the Decade of Family Farming
- Guidelines for the Governance of Agricultural Systems Based on Family Farming
- The Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 Officially Adopted by the UN GA
- United Nations Decade of Family Farming
- Groupwork: Central & East Asia
- Groupwork: South Asia
- Groupwork: Southeast Asia
- Quick Synthesis – Esther Penunia
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