Event Recording

Organizers

Background

The Farmers Constituency represents crop and livestock farmers, growers, pastoralists, foresters, aqua-culturists, farmers organisations and co-operatives, farm workers, family farmers and businesses, women farmers and the farmers of the future, landowners and tenants, in all their diversity producing food, fibre, and energy, and including agricultural NGOs supporting farmers on the ground.  

We brought a ‘Farmers Market’ to the Capacity Hub at COP27 where attendees were able to directly engage with farmers from across the world. The ‘market’ provided a platform for knowledge sharing, highlighting the value of a bottom-up approach in building capacity, and explored opportunities to accelerate climate change action. 

Objectives

• Built connections amongst farmers and foster shared learning. 
• Promoted locally led action and the local knowledge and practical expertise of farmers in designing and implementing solutions. 
• Unlocked the vital role of farmers in the management and delivery of nature-based solutions to support mitigation, adaptation and promote biodiversity, including protecting the rights of farmers, particularly in relation to issues of access to land and land tenure. 
• Examined the realities and practicalities which farmers face. 
• Utilised farmers and their organisations to ensure that financing targets are tailored to farming needs in different regions and commodities. 

Speakers

Moderators

• Luisa Volpe, WFO 
• Tiina Huvio, FFD 
• Ceris Jones, Farmers constituency 

Speakers

• Sok Sotha, CFAP, Cambodia  
• Dr Kirit Shelat, NCCSD, India  
• Zeinab Al Moumany, Specific Union for Farmer Women in Jordan  
• Bob Lowe, CCA, Canada  
• Mark Wootton, NFF, Australia  
• Chengeto Sandra Muzira, ZIMSOFF, Zimbabwe  
• Betty Chinyamunyamu, NASFAM, Malawi  
• Kolyang Palebale, PAFO, Africa  
• Azaad, India
• Oswald Rwanda
• Freddy Momba, Congo
• Josephine Francis, West Africa, Liberia

Key Outcomes

• This session presented a variety of farmers from around the world as they shared their experiences. with agriculture and climate change.
• Speakers brought attention to the varied needs between male and female farmers, as well as the need to let indigenous and local female farmers to take control of their environments.
• Farmers also raised the issue of scaling up renewable and sustainable farming practices in agro-ecology, also highlighting how local and indigenous groups are key to adaptation, but require further research and communication.
• Speakers also brought attention to climate refugees in the Sahel region, as well as the impact of increased natural disasters on agricultural output. Mitigation strategies such as financing and knowledge capacity-building were identified as key points in need of development. Lastly, speakers highlighted the potential in network-of-networks for enhanced climate action.