This report can be downloaded in English and in French. Farmers make up more than three quarters of Nepal’s population. Yet the agricultural sector accounts for only a third of the country’s GDP, and many rural communities are experiencing extreme poverty. Among them are women, indigenous people (Janajatis), and members of the lowest Hindu caste (Dalits). Facing […]
Almost 80% of the population in Laos PDR work in the agriculture sector, while approximately 50% of rural youths are also engaged in this sector (FAO). One of them is Phouttasone Phaengvilay (Noy), a twenty-four-year-old who has been involved in agribusiness since 2008. Agriculture is traditionally passed on from generation to generation, which is also […]
51ST ADB ANNUAL MEETING Civil Society Program The Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in Helping Reduce Poverty in Asia and the Pacific Learning with Partners (Asian Farmers’ Association, AgriTerra, and AsiaDHRRA) AFA, Agriterra, and AsiaDHRRA will hold a learning session on the role of agricultural cooperatives in helping reduce poverty in Asia and the Pacific at […]
Join us for the International Civil Society Conference on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Agriculture and Fisheries in Cameroon, September 11– 13th 2018! Objectives for the conference There are several good reasons for organizing such a conference. The main objectives for the conference are: To show that agroecology and other forms of sustainable agriculture and […]
Civil society organizations from Asia and the Pacific concluded a two-day meeting today in Nadi, Fiji, where FAO is convening the 34th Regional Conference for Asia Pacific – #APRC34. The CSO consultation aims to concentrate positions among the civil society organizations in anticipation of their contributions to discussions at the APRC – a biennial gathering of some […]
The Myanmar Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association (MFVP) invited the Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar (CTUM) and the Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) to the 2nd Myanmar Avocado Festival held in Hoppong Topwnship, Shan State, Myanmar on 5-7 January 218. Members of AFFM and CTUM who are avocado growers […]
Fifty participants, nine of whom are women, from various farmer Organizations (FOs) in Cambodia under the MTCP2 Program participated in the Rice Cooperative Forum: Coop-to-Coop Integration Model for Linking Farmers and Consumers in the Supply and Distribution Chain of Rice held at Phnom Penh Hotel on 24 March 2018. The forum was attended by representatives from Cambodia Rice Federation, Rural […]
The Farmer and Nature Net (FNN) team organized a visit to Aphiwat Kaksekor Agricultural Cooperative located in Cheung Prey district, Kampong Cham province on 23 March 2018 with Marek Poznanski of CSA and Asian Farmers’ Association representatives Cris Paez and Jojo Ebron. The Medium Term Cooperation Program Phase 2 (MTCP2), a five-year capacity building program […]
