The GAFSP Steering Committee has decided to establish three seats to represent Civil Society Organizations. The role of the CSO representatives is to inform/consult with their constituents on GAFSP, and represent and advocate their views on their behalf to improve the working of GAFSP. The Asia representative is Dr. Sang Yaing Koma, Adviser to Farmer […]
The GAFSP Steering Committee has decided to establish three seats to represent Civil Society Organizations. The role of the CSO representatives is to inform/consult with their constituents on GAFSP, and represent and advocate their views on their behalf to improve the working of GAFSP. The Asia representative is Dr. Sang Yaing Koma, Adviser to Farmer […]
AFA is co-orgnizing two workshops at the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ ASEAN Peoples’ Forum (ACSC/APF) 2011, which is being held on May 3-5, 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia with the theme “Claiming a People-Centered ASEAN for a Just Global Community:” 1) Agriculture and the Peasantry in ASEAN: Challenges and Way Forward (co-organized by with Asiadhrra, API, SPI, SP, BINA […]
PRESS STATEMENT (Contact: soc banzuela,434 2079) PAKISAMA Statement Condemning the Assassination of Another PAKISAMA Leader, Florita “Nang Flor” Caya The Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA) condemns in strongest possible terms the April 27 dastardly assassination of Florita “Nang Flor” Caya (58), General Manager of a local indigenous peoples’ organization (UTCEL) and Vice-President of […]
Citing AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia’s article “Women and Food Security,” Juhie Bhatia writes at Global Voices about women as an often-overlooked solution to fighting hunger. She points to the gender gap in agriculture, where women  make up almost half of the world’s agricultural labor force and produce one half of the world’s food, but  get little or […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Development (AFA) held a sharing and learning session and 25th Executive Committee meeting in Kampong Cham, Cambodia last April 5-7, 2011. The back-to-back activities were hosted by Farmer and Nature Net (FNN), an AFA member in Cambodia. It was attended by nine farmer organizations from seven countries such as TWADA […]
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia will make a 10-minute intervention during a multi-stakeholder conference on “Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Nutrition Security” on March 15 in Bali, Indonesia. The intervention will focus on “The past, present and future contributions of farmers in conserving, improving and making available nutritious food […]
Marketing of organic products where farmers get a bigger share of the value chain. Clean and renewable energy systems that are appropriate for rural communities. These are just some of the concerns of small scale women and men farmers in Asia. The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) arranged a study tour for […]
