This video depicts the first session of the second day of the regional consultation on ‘’Engaging with Academia and Research Institutions (ARIs) to support Family Farmers and Food System Transformation during and post COVID-19 Pandemic in Asia’’ held on  8 and 9 December 2021. 

The session on 'Enhancing rural communities’ initiatives and development, and transfer of technologies' elicited some key strategies to support rural transformation, agroecology mainstreaming, and FFOs in building back greener and more resilient agri-food systems.

The virtual regional consultation was jointly organized by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), the Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD),  GRET,  with the technical assistance of the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.