USING PLANT RIGHTS ASSESSMENT PACKAGE IN ASIA* Vicente Fabe, Treasurer, Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) February 10, 2011 Magandang hapon po sa inyong lahat. I am Vic Fabe, from Camarines Norte, a rice, coconut, citrus and vegetable farmer. Currently I serve as the Chairperson of Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka or PAKISAMA, a national confederation […]
The United Nations Development Program conducted a national consultation on the “Plant Rights Assessment (PRA) Package” last February 9-10 in Makati City, Philippines. AFA was represented by Mr. Vicente Fabe, its Treasurer and PAKISAMA, AFA member in the Philippines, was represented by Mr. Rene Cerilla, its Advocacy Leader. The PRA package is aimed to assist […]
In celebration of the 100th year of International Women’s Day and in recognition of the struggle of all women — especially small scale women farmers — for equality, we would like to re-post some of AFA’s recent papers, news articles, photos, and video related to women and gender issues. Women Farmers and Food Security (Article) […]
Government and non-government bodies have in recent years taken interest in human rights as a policy approach to economic issues and one practical tool developed by CSOs was the Kuala Lumpur Guidelines, launched on Human Rights Day 2010, which aims to position the centrality of human rights in economic policies related to agriculture.
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition and Health February 10-12, 2011 Taj Palace, New Delhi, India Speaker Summary Note* Session: Re-thinking How Each Should Do Business: Regional and Actor Perspectives – East Asia Speaker: Esther Penunia, Secretary General, Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Development (AFA) 1. Introduction. First of all, thanks to IFPRI for giving us the […]
New Delhi, India – The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) held a high level conference entitled “Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition and Health,” last February 10-12, 2011 at Taj Palace, New Delhi, India. The conference was attended by more than a thousand participants. AFA was represented by its Secretary General, Esther Penunia. This conference brought […]
The Steering Committee of the Southeast Asia sub region plus china of the Medium Term Collaboration Program with Farmers Organizations in Asia and the Pacific Region (MTCP) met last Nov 28 , 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand, to monitor progress of implementation in 2010 and get lessons learned, make a draft plan and budget for 2011 […]
Malaysian environmental activist Aida Ismah contributed the following article on the growing popularity of used cooking oil as a source of biofuel, which can help reduce green house emissions in the atmosphere: Biofuel is considered as the purest, easiest and most available fuel on the planet. Biofuel is looked upon as a way of energy […]
