The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) held various activities and decided on important matters on its recently concluded 5th general assembly, which was also a celebration of its 10th anniversary. Vietnam Farmers Union (VNFU) hosted the event in Hanoi, Vietnam last March 9, 2012 back-to-back with regional farmers’ consultations on March 7-8 […]
Organic rice industry has a lot of potential for small scale women and men farmers in Asia. However, there is the challenge of increasing production and being ready for the market. It is also affected by a host of issues such as land grabbing, food price volatility, and climate change. Farmers are also concerned with […]
FNN President and AFA Chairperson Uon Sophal and FNN Staff Noy Kimhong, together with AFA staff, wishes everyone a Happy Khmer New Year! (Suas sday chhnam thmey!)
CSOs from the Asian region gather in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 10-11, 2012 for the “CSO Meeting: Consolidating Efforts for Effective Engagement on Food and Agriculture Governance,” being held in conjunction with the 31st FAO-Asia Pacific Regional Conference on March 12-16, 2012. Viet Nam Farmers Union (VNFU), a member of AFA, hosts the event The CSO Meeting […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) will hold the event entitled “AFA@10: Celebrating Successes, Taking On More Challenges: AFA Regional Consultations and 5th AFA General Assembly” on March 7-9, 2012 in Hanoi, Vietnam. It will also be a celebration of the federation’s 10th anniversary. The general assembly will be hosted by its […]
Land Grabs or Large Scale Land Investments? Protecting Farmers’ Rights to Land AFA Issue Paper, Volume 4, Number 1, March 2012 DOWNLOAD: Land Grabs or Large Scale Land Investments? Protecting Farmers’ Rights to Land WHAT IS LAND GRABBING? WHAT ARE LARGE-SCALE LAND INVESTMENTS? ARE THEY THE SAME? “Large scale land investments” and “land grabbing” are […]
On the occasion of the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women taking place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday, 27 February to Friday, 9 March 2012, AFA is re-posting this article that first appeared in the special issue of World Rural Forum’s New Earth in celebration of […]
The Rural Women Leadership Project was implemented in the Philippines in 2010-2011 by AFA and PAKISAMA, in partnership with WOCAN. Leadership stories of 45 women and 15 men were gathered to capture the lessons learned on women leadership. This video shows nine of these stories. Click here to watch the video “Women Farmer Leaders as […]
