AFA will take part in the Asia-Pacific Local Champions Exhibition to be held at the Royal Agriculture University of Cambodia in Phnom Penh on August 10-12.
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development will hold the event “Regional Sharing Workshop Building our Agenda for Farmers in Forested Landscapes” on August 2-3, 2015 in Yangon, Myanmar. The event will be hosted by its member, the Agriculture and Farmer Federation Myanmar (AFFM) with support from the FAO-Forest and Farm Facility (FFF). There […]
ATTRACTING YOUTH TO AGRICULTURE IN ASIA A Scoping Paper Prepared by Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) August 2015 Attracting Youth in Agriculture in Asia (Revised)
A Viable Future: Attracting the Youth to Agriculture DOWNLOAD: A Viable Future: Attracting the Youth to Agriculture Youth is often the time when a person starts to dream of the future, think of the path to take and boldly and aggressively set his/her life in motion. In many rural villages, to be a farmer is […]
Published in 1991, this practical and insightful book is still as relevant as ever. The author, Shimpei Murakami, who is now AFA’s Chairperson, has shared a PDF copy for the public. From the Foreword: “This book, Lessons from Nature by Mr. Shimpei Murakami is a praiseworthy attempt to explore the rules and principle’s of nature […]
A project supported by the Forest and Farm Facility of the UN-FAO Strengthening engagement of Asian small scale women and men forests and farm producers in global and regional processes The project aims to consolidate the voices of its members in 8 countries who are living in forested landscapes and thereby strengthening AFA’s legitimacy, accountability, […]
