Cycle of exchanges: Rural Women and Cooperativism on March 24

Cycle of exchanges: Rural Women and Cooperativism on March 24

The World Rural Forum, together with six participating member organizations, will organise the first seminar of the series Rural Women and Cooperativism on 24 March, 8PM (GMT+8 Philippine Time). Three experiences of women’s farming groups or cooperatives in Africa, South America and Asia will be presented. The Rural Women and Cooperativism virtual exchange cycle aims… Read More

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Launching of Support to Farmers Organizations for Asia on March 16

The Asian Farmers Association (AFA) cordially invites everyone to join the launching of the “Support to Farmers Organizations for Asia (FO4A)”. This program is co-financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the European Union (EU) for the farmers’ organizations in Asia. This virtual event will take place via Zoom on 16 March 2022 |… Read More

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Advancing Rural Communication Services in Family Farming in the Asia Pacific Region

The United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF, 2019-2028) aims to unleash the potential of family farmers as ‘key agents of change’ to transform food systems in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. This is guided by a Global Action Plan (GAP) under which Pillar 4 calls for improved communication and ICT capacities, Rural… Read More

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Conclusions of the Global Conference: Family Farming at the Core of Sustainable Food Systems

In 2021, the World Rural Forum organized a 4-day Global Conference entitled, “Family Farming at the Core of Sustainable Food Systems”. The Global conference was attended by family farmers, governments, UN agencies, research centers, cooperatives, and others organizations committed to strengthening family farming. This event confirmed the unique position of family farming in achieving inclusive,… Read More

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FAO elearning Academy: Strengthening capacity to face global challenges

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) developed an online learning platform to strengthen the capacity of member countries to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.  The FAO elearning Academy provides learning opportunities and multilingual elearning courses, focusing on the transfer of competencies, development of expertise and promotion of innovation in… Read More

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Project SARAi: Technologies for Climate Smart Agriculture in the Philippines

Climate change is one of the major problems in the agriculture sector. It reduces crop and livestock productivity, threatens food security, and lower income, especially to smallholder farmers. In the Philippines, an action-research program was established to work towards climate risks by providing agricultural stakeholders with site-specific crop advisories. Project SARAI or  Smarter Approaches to… Read More

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Agricultural Transformation starts in the backyard: The story of Nissa Wargadipuras from Indonesia

Watch and be inspired of the life story of Nissa Wargadipuras, a farmer from West Java Indonesia. Nissa established a farmer field school called At-Thariq (meaning “the way” in Arabic) to teach agroecology, food security,  and religion to young people. They also teached sustainable farming lessons.. She also co-founded “Pasundan Farmer Union” which is one… Read More

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