We are women farmer leaders from 13 countries gathered here for the Asia Pacific Women Farmers Forum, held October 4-6, 2017 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Here we discussed about the initiatives we take to reduce poverty and hunger in our families and communities, the challenges and obstacles we face as we perform our roles in […]
Recognizing and Strengthening the Contributions of Women Farmers in Climate Resilient Agriculture-Based Livelihoods Around 100 women farmers from 18 countries in the Asia-Pacific region will gather in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India on October4-6 2017 for the Asia-Pacific Women Farmers’ Forum organized by Asian Farmers’ Association and La Via Campesina, and will be hosted by Self Employed […]
Woman Farmer: Mathiben Devkorbhai Sanghani Woman Farmer Group: MahakaliMithaUtapadakSahakariMandli (Mahakali salt farmer cooperative) National FO Affiliation/Membership: Self Employed Women’s Association Organisation Involved in the Case: Surendranagar Mahilaane Bal Vikas Mandal, Surendranagar Timeframe: 2016 Location/region: Little Run of Kutch Case/initiative: Initially, the salt farms business was not very profitable. The laborers didn’t have enough money to fund the production themselves and hence […]
Woman Farmer: Bouachanh Sivilay Woman Farmer Group: Organic Farmer Association of Paek district, Xiengkhouang province (OFA) National FO Affiliation/Membership: Lao Farmer Network Organisation Involved in the Case: Sustainable Agriculture and Environment Development Association (SAEDA) Timeframe: 1997 Location/region: Yone village, Paek district, Xiengkhouang province Case/initiative: Resiliency is made when farmers can have higher adaptation while lowering risks to climate changes. That is […]
Good practices on seeds preservation took center stage at the recently concluded Knowledge Management (KM) Fair during the South Asia Sub-Regional Steering Committee Meeting held in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on 22-25 August 2017. Bangladesh entry entitled “Community Seed Bank: Ensuring farmers’ seed sovereignty” bagged the most number of votes at the “Marketplace of Good Practices” […]
Young people in Laos are choosing to do #farming over other employment. Watch this video by Lao Farmer Network to find out why.
This video presents the reflection of Exposure visit and Training of the Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs) representative to Self Employment Women Association (SEWA) in Ahamedabad, Gujrat, India. The visit was made with support of Forest and Farm Facility(FFF) Programme.
Agriculture is the leading employer in Myanmar’s economy, employing 60% of the country’s population. Out of 67.6 million hectares of land, 12.8 million hectares is cultivated. Most agricultural activities in the country are still carried out manually, with low levels of mechanization. This results to low productivity and low agricultural outputs and, consequently, to low […]
