The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) will conduct the “Regional Consultation on Global Financial Meltdown and Agricultural Trade Agenda and 23rd ExeCom Meeting (Back-to-back with CSO side events to ASEAN Leaders Summit)” on 19-25 February 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.
The objectives of the event are to: (1) Understand the causes and dynamics of the global financial meltdown , analyze its possible effects and impact to the Asia region’s agriculture, and identify the challenges to smallholders; (2) Define and articulate our concerns and proposals on food security, small holder agriculture, as well as a just, equity-led trade to a broader movement of regional civil society groups and government allies; (3) Formulate a regional agriculture trade agenda that benefits and promotes the well-being and livelihoods of small men and women farmers in East and Southeast Asia; and (4) (Internally) Discuss and decide on important organizational matters for 2009.
The major activities of the event include: (1) Regional consultation on two major topics — the impact of the global financial meltdown to agriculture and regional agriculture trade agenda for small men and women farmers; (2) Significant participation in civil society activities parallel to the 14th ASEAN Summit such as the conferences of the Asia Pacific Network for Food Sovereignty and the Asean People’s Forum organized by the Asean Civil Society Conference 4; (2) 23rd AFA ExeCom Meeting; and (3) Dialogue with important and relevant officials of ASEAN regarding our policy perspectives and proposals for the development of small men and women farmers in the region.
The event will be participated in by farmer leaders, including women representatives, from the 9 member organizations of AFA in 8 countries in Asia such As Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
The event will be hosted by SorKorPor, with the support of Agriterra.
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