The 20th AFA Execom Meeting was held last July 23 at the Ledesma Room of the Partnership Center, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, also hosted by PAKISAMA. The Execom meeting was held to discuss issues on AFA’s movement to full autonomy. Important decisions were made such as hiring of new staff, approval of job designs, office […]
The “Roundtable Discussion on Alternative Regionalism” was held last July 24, 2007 at the Ledesma Room of the Partnership Center, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, hosted by PAKISAMA. The roundtable discussion was organized by TAG, AsiaDHRRA, and AFA, and funded by Oxfam International and Agriterra. It brought together key advocates working on the ASEAN integration processes […]
A “Round-Table Discussion on Alternative Framework on Trade: WTO and Beyond” was held last August 28, 2007 at the Partnership Center, in Quezon City, Philippines. Organized by TAG, AsiaDHRRA, and AFA, the roundtable discussion brought together key advocates working on just and fair global agricultural trade to brainstorm on an alternative framework on trade even […]
Two research projects – on alternative regionalism and alternative trade – are being being jointly undertaken with AsiaDHRRA and Trade Advocates Group (TAG), a Philippine-based coalition. The two researches are set to be completed by September 2007. Second drafts of the researh are being circulated for comments by members of anchor organizatizations. The drafts have […]
AFA Treasurer Vicente Fabe shares an AFA presentation on “Needs and Expectations of Asian Farmers on Agricultural Research” during an international conference entitled “Agricultural Research for Development in Europe: Towards a Shared Vision, ” in Brussels, Belgium on June 28-29, 2007. The conference is organized by ERA-ARD. Ka Vic was invited both for his personal […]
June 29, 2007 Ka Vic Fabe, Treasurer, Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) Good morning , ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for your invitation to be one of the discussants in this session. To be honest, I am not very familiar with the European Commission’s agricultural research programs. But I am glad to know that the European […]
