May 30, 2006 Last week, two calamities struck the villages in two Southeast Asian countries. In Thailand, a great flood occured in the northern part, affecting many farmers, some of whom are members of Sor Kor Por, an AFA member. In Yogyakarta, Indonesia, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck, killing 6,200 people, injuring and displacing a […]
Quezon City, Philippines – The new set of AFA Executive Committee officers held an orientation session last May 11-13, 2006 at the AsiaDHRRA/AFA secretariat office at Loyola Heights, Quezon City The meeting was also a team building activity as the officers and staff spent a day shooting the rapids in Pagsanjan falls, a favorite tourist […]
[Paper developed by the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and presented by Mr. Long Dimanche, Secretary of Farmer and Nature Net, an AFA member in Cambodia, during the “Sub-Regional Seminar on Enhancing Capacities of NGOs and Farmers’ Groups to Link Farmers to Marketsâ€, May 9-12, Bali, Indonesia, organized by VECO-Indonesia.]
On May 2, Mr. Samir Topno from India arrived at Ainou to have training on organic farming. He has been working on rural development in India under the Allahabad Agricultural University as an assistant professor since 2000. Currently, since January 2006, he has been working as a manager in Training Program in Organic Farming for […]
May 20-23, 2006: Aliansi Petani Indonesia (API) in cooperation with Agriculture, Forestry, and Marine Agency of the Government of Jembrana Regency (Bali Province) are developing organic medicinal herbs such as ginger, kunyit dan Nilam (Pagotemi spp) on the conservation forest land, block I and II of 50 hectares in Sombang (Bali). February 1-3, 2006: Aliansi […]
