AFA in cooperation with ADRA-Mongolia and the National Association of Mongolian Agriculture Cooperative (NAMAC) conducted a training workshop on Constructive Engagement and Policy Advocacy in UlaanBaatar, Mongolia on August 28-30, 2012. It was participated by agricultural cooperatives, herders group and NGOs. The training was intended to build the capacity of civil society participant particularly the […]
AFA actively participated in the 1st ASEAN Rice Trade Forum in Siem Reap, Cambodia last June 19-20, 2012 through its delegation composed of Ms. Chey Sivat and Ms. Kong Sokchhoin, FNN Board Member and Program Coordinator respectively, together with Ms. Lany V. Rebagay, AFA’s policy advocacy officer. The ASEAN Rice Trade Forum sought to serve […]
AFA participated in the conference entitled “New Paradigms and Public Policies in Global Agriculture and Food Systems” last June 13-15, a few days before the G20 Leaders Summit held on June 18-19 in Los Cabos, Mexico. Ika Krishnayanti, International Relations Officer of Aliansi Petani Indonesia or API, AFA member in Indonesia represented AFA to the […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia was invited to speak in the high-level discussion on Food for Life and the Life of Food organized by FAO, IFAD, WFP, Bioversity International and the World Bank. Participants included heads of state and government, high-level policy makers from countries and international organizations who came […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – AFA Chairperson Sophal Uon presented the views of smallholders in an IFAD-organized event entitled “The Sweet Spot: Cocoa’s Promise of Sustainability, Equity and Profitability for Smallholders and Farmers,” which was held at the Windsor Hotel Barra in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 18, 2012. It was part of the […]
AFA joined the organizing committee of the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) in organizing the event “International Seminar: The Role of Family Farming in the Construction of the Development with Sustainability,” which was held last June 21, 2012, at the Social Environmental Arena, Flamengo Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The seminar was aimed […]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Upon the invitation of the President of the Swiss Confederation Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and World Food Prize Laureate Hans Rudolf Herren, AFA delegates to the Rio+20 UNCSD events participated in a high-level dinner event “A Taste of Change” last June 20, 2012. The special dinner gave a unique opportunity to attendees […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Farmers need to have secure land tenure, control over their own seeds, support for agro-ecological approaches, access to markets for their products, and meaningful participation in governance processes at all levels, in order to effectively play their role in ensuring food and nutrition security and reduce poverty in the countryside. […]
