The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN signed a Memorandum of Understanding last November 26 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The MoU provides a framework for cooperation between the Parties with an overall goal of supporting countries to strengthen capacities of of farmers’ organizations to improve organizational development, service delivery, market access, good governance on land, gender equality, lobbying and advocacy for policy change in the Asia and the Pacific region.
(In the photo is AFA Chairperson Shimpei Murakami and FAO ADG Kundhavi Kadiresan)
SOURCE: http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/representative/photos/en/
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