Family Farming

Call for entries for AFA's Capturing Agroecology in Action video contest

The Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) invites its partners from farmers’ organizations and agricultural cooperatives to join the “Capturing #Agroecology in Action” video contest!. This video contest seeks to spotlight the transformative power of agroecology, focusing specifically on its benefits for farmers’ organizations (FOs) and agricultural cooperatives. By showcasing real-life examples and success stories, this contest aims… Read More

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FAO launches Innovations for and by Family Farmers Video Contest 2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is inviting interested individuals and organizations to participate in the 2024 Innovation for and by family farmers video contest. The videos should illustrate how family farmers can be supported by innovations. These innovations might combine old and new food system practices and organizational processes, using both… Read More

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FAO & IAMCR announce winners for the 2024 RCS Awards

The  International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) and the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations (FAO) are pleased to announce the winners for the 2024 Rural Communication Services (RCS) awardees.  The RCS awardees are as follows:  Group Model Building as a Rural Communication Process Supporting Innovation Adoption in Agriculture by Ibnu Budiman (Bogor… Read More

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Fostering engagement in the policy processes and program development of UNDFF: The Case of ARDKPP in the Philippines

At its 72nd Session, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2019-2028 as the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) building on the achievement of UN’s International Year of Family Farming (IFYY) in 2014, which put family farming at the center of national agendas and agricultural, environmental and social policies towards equitable and sustainable development. “UNDFF… Read More

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8th global conference on Family Farming to focus on planet sustainability and reducing inequalities

Key family farming leaders all over the world are expected to participate in the much anticipated 8th Global Conference on Family Farming  to be held 19-21 March 2024 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain.  With this year focusing on sustainability of our plante, the conference aims to validate and strengthen the role of  family farming plays… Read More

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Technical Discussion on the Future of Family Farming

In the framework of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019 – 2028  (UNDFF), the Family Farming Engagement Team is pleased to invite you to join our series of discussions on “The Future of Family Farming”. The discussion about the future of family farming will bring together academics, policymakers and family farmers to reflect… Read More

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FAO, ComDev Asia hold Participatory Video Training in Agriculture and Digital Environments for Asia

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in partnership with various organizations, spearheaded a 5-day vritual training workshop in Participatory Video for Asia and the Pacific last November 2023. Attended by more than 40 participants from farmers’ organizations (FOs), academe, and advocacy groups, the training aimed to capacitate and encourage them to apply Participatory (PV)… Read More

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