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The United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF 2019-28) recognizes the role […]
Industrial agriculture is devastating our land, water, and air, and is now threatening the sustainability of the biosphere. Its massive chemical and biological inputs cause widespread environmental havoc as well as human disease and death. Its monoculturing reduces the diversity of our plants and animals. Its habitat destruction endangers wildlife. Its factory farming practices cause untold animal suffering. Its centralized corporate ownership destroys farm communities around the world, leading to mass poverty and hunger. The industrial agriculture system is clearly unsustainable. It has truly become a fatal harvest.

Our Priority Agenda and Basis of Unity

AFA promotes these five priority agenda through programs and projects that are coordinated at regional/international levels and implemented at national levels. AFA links, networks, coordinates, and partner with like-minded institutions that help push forward our five priority agenda.

RIGHTS TO NATURAL RESOURCES

We promote secure tenurial rights of small scale women and men family farmers over natural resources:  lands, waters, forests, seeds

AGROECOLOGY/CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE

We produce diverse and nutritious food through sustainable, integrated, diversified, resilient, organic, agroecological family farming systems and practices  in farms and forested landscapes

COOPERATIVES AND ENTERPRISES

We build and strengthen family farmers’ cooperatives and their enterprises   that will give farmers stronger involvement in value chains and increase their market power

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

We promote fair treatment and ensure equitable rights and opportunities among women and men farmers

ATTRACTING THE YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE

We promote agriculture towards the young and build their interests and capacities towards sustainable and resilient farming and related enterprises

VIDEO CONTEST

Advancing Climate Resiliency
through Farmers’ Organizations and Cooperatives

We invite farmers, farmers’ organizations, and cooperatives to join this contest. Together, let us inspire a global movement towards sustainable agriculture, foster partnerships, promote the exchange of knowledge to combat climate change’s adverse effects on farming communities, and advocate for better access to climate financing for smallholder farmers.

PROMOTING FAMILY FARMING IN ASIA AND BEYOND

The work of  AFA on the UNDFF

The United Nations Decade for Family Farming (UNDFF) is a global initiative aimed at promoting and supporting the role of family farming in sustainable agriculture and rural development. Spanning from 2019 to 2028, this decade-long effort seeks to address key challenges faced by family farmers worldwide, such as poverty, hunger, and environmental degradation, while also recognizing the vital contributions of family farming to food security, rural livelihoods, and the preservation of cultural heritage. UNDFF encourages policies and actions that empower family farmers, enhance their access to resources, and promote sustainable farming practices, ultimately working towards a more equitable and sustainable future for both rural and urban communities.


In the context of UNDFF, AFA collaborates with various stakeholders, including governments, international organizations, and civil society, to advance the goals and objectives of the UNDFF in the Asia and the Pacific region.

“There is a saying that, ‘The dream of one person may quickly die, but the dream of many will someday surely come true.’ It is our dream in AFA to make farmers’ groups in Asia cooperate tightly, help each other, and make their collective voices stronger. AFA can be the core of all Asian farmers fighting for survival and better quality of lives. We hope you share our dream, and together, we can share this dream to as many farmers’ groups in Asia as possible.”

Seo, Jung-Eui
AFA Chairperson, 2006-2008