The youth are the future of agriculture. However, in the past years, the Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) saw low participation of youth in agribusiness, which is attributed to the limited access to resources such as land, start-up capital, business mentors, and increasing number of youth moving from rural to urban areas and […]
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Around 50 participants coming from various farmers association, fisherfolks organization, indigenous women and representatives from government agencies gathered in Hotel Pak Heritage, 28 Davis Road Lahore to share initiatives and challenges confronting smallholder farmers and fishers. The National Farmers’ Forum in Pakistan is organized by AFA-LVC consortium in cooperation with Pakistan Kisan Rabita Committee (PKRC) […]
“Some people joined our group just long enough to learn how to make soap, and then they started producing and selling soap directly to our customers for a lower price without telling the rest of us! That really damaged our customers’ trust in us,” recalls Ms. Phonevilay, looking slightly frustrated about the recent events. So […]
Women farmers from South Asia as well as development partners gather in Bhubaneswar, India on 5-7 September 2018 for a regional expert consultation on “Women’s Empowerment for Agriculture Development in South Asia: enabling polices”. The event is jointly organized by the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), Action Aid […]
The Asian NGO Coalition – For Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) became the latest partner of AFA as part of its Land Matrix Initiative that tackles the issues of Large-Scale Land Acquisition (LSLA). This collaboration was done as an exchange of information for Land Matrix Asia and the ninth and tenth commitment based initiative […]
Representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture and Departments of Cooperatives of the Member States of SAARC, and representatives of farmers’ organizations from SAARC region gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal on 28-30 August 2018 for the First SAARC Agri Cooperative Business Forum themed “Organizing and Strengthening Family Farmers Cooperatives to attain SDGs 1 and 2 in South Asia”. […]
