? South-South Cooperation Forum centers on sustainable agriculture, SDGs, women, & youth The South-South Cooperation Forum held at Park Village Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal on 14-16 December 2017 was a success with over 70 participants consisting of farmer leaders, representatives of farmers’ and fishers’ organizations, government officials, scholars from South Asian countries as well as international […]
Representatives of member organizations of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)Â convened in Pasay City, Philippines on 2-5 December 2017 for the Regional Policy Consultations on Family Farming Matters consisting of back-to-back activities which are the planning for cooperative development program of AFA, field visit to an agricultural cooperative, MTCP2-AFOSP SRSC Southeast […]
The Knowledge Learning Market and Policy Engagement (KLMPE) 2017 with the theme “Moving Towards Inclusive Rural Transformation” has opened at the Asian Development Bank in Mandaluyong City on 27 November 2017. Around 250 Filipino farmers and fisher’s organizations, Philippine government, civil society organizations, development partners and farmer an fisher’s organizations from ASEAN member countries gathered […]
Around 250 Filipino farmers and fisher’s organizations, Philippine government, civil society organizations, development partners and farmer an fisher’s organizations from ASEAN member countries will gather on 27-28 November 2017 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Headquarters in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila to celebrate the fourth year of the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) through […]
Establishing Policies and Programs Providing Greater Incentives to Smallholder /family Farmers and their organizations for greater gender, generational and social equity, food security, and economic development, biodiversity and climate mitigation and adaptation, and better governance We, representatives of a broad spectrum of national farmers and fishers organization and Civil Society Organizations and International Organizations assembled […]
A Participatory Lobby and Advocacy Training: FACT (Farmers Advocacy Consultation Tool) Plug-in Pilot Training was successfully held at the CBD Hotel in Naga City on 6-8 November 2017 with around 40 participants from various farmers and fishers’ organizations, cooperatives, CSOs, and local government in attendance. On the first day of the training, the participants were […]
When the Agriculture and Farmer Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) was established in 2011, there were no women members elected handle leadership roles in the organization. Throughout the years, there were still no women members elected in the AFFM Central Committee and in the Central Executive Committee. However, recognizing the importance and the need to involve […]
