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
The Global farmer field schools platform in FAO’s Office of Innovation is excited to announce the launch of the Innovation award on farmer field schools for sustainable agrifood systems! This award will help collect, celebrate and share impactful innovations in the implementation of FFS in support of transition towards sustainable agrifood systems, including through agroecology. Who Can Apply? Anyone… Read More
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes the resolution adopted today by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to declare 2026 as International Year of the Woman Farmer. The resolution, which was proposed by the United States of America and adopted by consensus, invites FAO, in collaboration with the other UN… Read More
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization extends its invitation for the third session of the second cycle of technical exchanges for Family Farming, focusing on purchasing public family farming. Set on 4 June 2024, it seeks to generate a space where public purchasing experiences for family farming are shared and enriched. The third session will… Read More
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization and CARE are organizing a webinar to share the latest findings of their joint study on gender integration in Farmer Field School (FFS) programs on 30 May 2024, 11:30 – 13:00 (GMT+2). This virtual event aims to enlighten us on empowering outcomes of FFS such as improved access to services,… Read More
The Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs) extends its invitation to the upcoming International Conference on Agrobiodiversity on 9-12 April 2024 at Pokhara, Nepal. This event aims to gather forest and farm producers all over the world to discuss and collaborate to further advance agroecological practices, agrobiodiverse planting materials and climate-smart business and finance models… Read More
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
The world faces colossal challenges that range from the climate crisis and the energy crisis to the urgent need to guarantee the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of our agri-food systems. Furthermore, we are facing levels of hunger and poverty that have not been seen in the last 20 years. Faced with this complex reality,… Read More
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
Nine representatives from AFA members and AFA Secretariat participate in the Eight Global Meeting of the Farmers’ Forum (FAFO) which took place at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD )Headquarters in Rome, Italy on 12-13 February 2024. This year’s meeting convened over 80 farmers’ leaders collectively representing millions of small-scale farmers and rural producers… Read More
