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, […]
Singur is popularly called the granary of West Bengal. This particular piece of land in Singur is highly fertile and is home to around 5,000 peasant families. Located in Hooghly district of West Bengal, Singur came into the limelight for its peasants’ movement in 2006. The government acquired 1,253 acres (500 hectares) of multi-cropping agricultural […]
The delegates of Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) for its biennial consultations and General Assembly went to the THAIFEX – World of food ASIA to see the exhibited products from all over the world during the last day of its back-to-back activities in Bangkok, Thailand. The AFOSP-MTCP2 program showcased various products of its farmer organizations (FOs) from […]
AFFM conducted a workshop on the Farmland Law reform with the objective of drafting amendments to be submitted to the government of Myanmar following the announcement on the drafting of the country’s Farmland Law on 15 June 2017. The government plan offered an opportunity to civil society organizations, activists, community members, and farmers’ organizations, including […]
PRESENTATIONS Country Report: Bangladesh – KKM Country Report: Indonesia – API Country Report: Kygyzstan – UWUA Country Report: Laos – LFN Country Report: Mongolia – NAMAC Country Report: Myanmar – AFFM Country Report: Nepal – CTCF Country Report: Philippines – PAKISAMA Country Report: Taiwan – TDFA Country Report: Taiwan – TWADA Country Report: Tajikistan – […]
