Pattaya, Thailand — In a meeting convened by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Thailand today, the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA), through its representative Policy Advocacy Officer Ma. Elena Rebagay, emphasized the role of small holder farmers in the vision for the regional rice sector 2030. The vision is contained in the draft […]
AFA attended the meeting which was organised by the World Rural Forum and supported by Khalifa Fund for Entreprise Development and Agriterra. Farmers leaders coming from five continents met to agree on global claims needed to strengthen Family Farming worldwide. Thirty leaders of farmers’ organisations sought consensus on their main demands, which was to be […]
(PAKISAMA National Coordinator Raul Socrates Banzuela is attending this meeting in behalf of AFA.) PRESS RELEASE IYFF-2014: WORLDWIDE FARMERS LEADERS MEET DURING ABU DHABI SUSTAINABILITY WEEK IN ORDER TO AGREE GLOBAL DEMANDS TO BOOST FAMILY FARMING · Participants seek global consensus on the major claims that Civil Society Organizations will transmit to decision makers during […]
AFA and PAKISAMA attended the Asian People’s Land Rights Tribunal (16-17 January 2014, University of the Philippines College of Law, Quezon City, Philippines), which tackled the land grab phenomenon that is infecting the rural Southeast Asian landscape. In 2009, 20,000 hectares were forcibly taken from Cambodia farmers to grow sugar for export. 17,000 hectares of […]
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23 November 2013, Bangkok, Thailand — Coming on the heels of the successful implementation of its pilot implementation, the second phase of the “Medium Term Cooperation Programme with Farmer Organizations in Asia and the Pacific” or MTCP2, a capacity building program funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), kicked off today in an […]
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia speaking at the panel session on “Policies and Enabling Environment for Sustainable Development of Family Farming” during the event “Regional Dialogue on Family Farming: Sustainable Rural Development and Food Security organized by FAO on 21-22 November 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand.
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia speaking at the panel session on “Policies and Enabling Environment for Sustainable Development of Family Farming” during the event “Regional Dialogue on Family Farming: Sustainable Rural Development and Food Security organized by FAO on 21-22 November 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand.
