Representatives of farmer organizations, national implementing agencies (NIAs) of MTCP2, and development partners convene at the Agricultural Management Institute in Beijing, China on 26-29 June 2018 for the 4th Regional Steering Committee (RSC) Meeting. COUNTRY & REGIONAL UPDATES ASEAN Foundation Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Laos Myanmar Nepal Pacific Philippines Sri Lanka Thailand Vietnam
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On 24 May, a one day workshop on production of relevant data and knowledge on family farms was held in Bangkok Thailand, bringing together farmers’ leaders from 17 national platforms in Asia. The workshop was jointly organized by the Asian Farmers Association (AFA), the World Agriculture Watch Initiative (WAW), Collectif Strategies Alimentairies (CSA) and AgriCord, […]
Despite being educated only till Grade X, 48-year-old Partha Sarathi Mondal has immense practical experience in farming. He is always open to experimenting and practices research-oriented approaches to farming. This makes him opt for blending scientific and natural processes. He also encourages his fellow farmers to imbibe such practices. Because of this, his community refers […]
Forty-eight-year-old Bhanumoti Das lives with her husband Golok Das and their two sons. She hails from a very poor family and her husband was addicted to alcohol. It became increasingly difficult for Bhanumoti to live with her alcoholic husband who keeps wasting all their hard-earned money on liquor. Her sons had already separated, so with […]
Forty-eight-year-old Jamuna Das owns one bigha land at Monachitura Village in Birbhum. When her husband was alive, this land was just lying idle and not being used for cropping. After her husband’s demise in 2001, Jamuna joined IMSE Mahila Samiti. Her son and daughter were living with her then and it was challenging for her […]
Design Workshop of the ILC Asia Leadership Program Splash Suites Hotel, Tagaytay City, Philippines May 10-12, 2018 Executive Summary The International Land Coalition, through its members Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA) co-organized the “Design Workshop of the ILC Asia Leadership Program”, held last May […]
We are deeply shocked to learn the news of the killings of two land rights defenders—Mr. Luis Arturo Marroquin on 10th of May 2018 and Mr. Jose Can Xol of CCDA on 11th of May 2018 in Guatemala. Mr. Marroquin, coordinator and regional leader of CODECA and defender of human rights in San Luis Jalapa, […]
