AFA attended the preparatory CSO meeting last January 18-19, 2012 in Hanoi, Vietnam hosted by AFA member Viet Nam Farmers Union (VNFU). The objective of the meeting was to discuss the details of preparation for the CSO parallel forum to the 31st FAO Asia- Pacific Regional Conference which will be held on March 12-16, 2012. […]
The following was read by Ms. Rachel Kalaba, a representativeof young farmers in Zambia, during IFAD Governing Council meeting on February 22, 2012. Synthesis of Deliberations of the Fourth Global Meeting of the Farmers’ Forum in Conjunction with the 35th Session of IFAD’s Governing Council Rome, 20-21 February 2012 1. We the participants in the […]
On the second day of the fourth global meeting of the Farmers Forum on February 21, 2012, the Medium Term Cooperation Program with FOs in the Asia Pacific got a good review. The IFAD social reporting blog says: The results of the first phase of the MTCP were very encouraging. “Consultation with FOs in the […]
At the opening session of the fourth meeting of the Farmers Forum 2012 on February 20, 2012, the Asian Famers’ Association (AFA), a Steering Committee member of FAFO, asked IFAD to partner with farmers organizations in upscaling and mainstreaming sustainable agriculture. In the opening statement read by Secretary General Ma. Estrella Penunia, AFA informed IFAD […]
Opening Statement Farmers’ Forum 2012 Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) February 20, 2012 Good morning to everyone! In behalf of the Asian Farmers Association, we greet you all a belated happy lunar new year of the Water Dragon! Since we last met in 2010, we have made some victories. First, the UN has declared 2014 as […]
ON the first day of the FAFO 2012 in Rome, Italy, AFA asserted the role of smallholders in agricultural development. IFAD social reporting blog quotes AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia as follows: Other speakers asserted that small-scale producers should be more directly involved in the design and implementation of rural development plans at all levels. […]
Mr. Mohammad Nuruddin, Secretary General of API and active ExeCom member of AFA, gives an opening message during the ASEAN Session on “Civil Society Organization (CSO) and the Agriculture and Forestry Sector in the ASEAN Region, held at the ASEAN Headquaters in Jakarta, Indonesia last February 16, 2012. The activity was attended by Dr. Surin […]
AFA representatives are attending the fourth meeting of the Farmers Forum (FAFO) being held at the IFAD Headquarters in Rome, Italy from on Feburary 20-21, 2012. The FAFO is being webcast live at http://webcasting.ifad.org/gc2012. The photo is a screen grab of the webcast on the first day of the FAFO. Ms. Youngran Choi (third row on […]
