ORGANIZERS
The Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) is a regional alliance of 22 national farmers organizations in 16 countries in Asia, composed of small scale women and men family farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, forest users, herders, and pastoralists. AFA’s goal is to strengthen the capacities of the leaders and technical staff of national farmer organizations, leading to the eradication of poverty and hunger, increased resilience, and sense of well-being of family farmers in Asia. AFA promotes a six-point peasant agenda which includes: secured rights to natural resources; sustainable, climate resilient, agro ecological approaches; cooperative development; women empowerment; engagement of youth in agriculture; farmers’ organization governance.
The International Cooperative Alliance - Asia Pacific (ICA-AP) is a regional office of the International Cooperative Alliance, which aims to promote and strengthen cooperatives in the Asia-Pacific region. ICA-AP supports the development of cooperative businesses by facilitating collaboration, capacity building, and advocacy efforts among its member organizations. It represents and serves cooperatives in sectors such as agriculture, banking, consumer, health, housing, and workers, among others. Through regional initiatives and programs, ICA-AP works to enhance the cooperative movement, promote sustainable development, and improve the socio-economic conditions of communities in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Pacific Farmers Organisation (PFO) serves as an umbrella organization for national farmer organizations across the Pacific region. PIFON coordinates capacity building, shares success stories and lessons learned, and supports regional exchanges of expertise between farmer organizations and their private sector partners. PFO began informally operating in 2008 and was registered as a not-for-profit company in 2013. Today, PIFON represents a vibrant and growing network of national farmer organizations that are transforming agriculture in the region. Our secretariat, based in Nadi, Fiji, has grown from two part-time staff in a shared office to a dedicated team working from our own space.
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