Accra, Ghana, Dec 8 – The Strategy and Policy Group (SPG) of the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) held its annual Forum last Dec 7-8 , at Accrra, Ghana, entitled “Regional Solidarity to Address Food Crisis”. AFA through its representative, Vicky Serrato, Marketing Officer, and together with Lany Rebagay of AsiaDHRRA, presented the initiatives […]
(In celebration of Christmas and New Year, the AFA secretariat office will be closed on Dec 20, 2010-January 3, 2011.)
Nov 16, Bangkok – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held a “Regional Conference on Food Security” last Nov 15-16, in Bangkok, Thailand. AFA was represented by its Marketing Officer, Vicky Serrato. During the break-out groups, AFA participated in the “policy reforms […]
Brasilia, Brazil – The fourteenth meeting of REAF (Reuniao Especializada Sobre Agricultura Familiar no Mercosul or Commission on Family Farming in the Southern Cone Common Market) was held last November 15-19 in Brasilia, Brazil. MERCOSUL is an intergovernmental regional integration body comprising the countries of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay with associate (expanded) countries of Bolivia […]
Brasilia, November 13, 2010 – The meeting for the International Year of Family Farming Campaign (IYFF) for the American continent, was held last November 13-14, in Brasilia, Brazil. The meeting brought together over 80 representatives (around 30% of whom are women) of peasant organizations and rural NGOs and experts in family agriculture of 13 countries […]
As initial members of the Philippine Working Group for the IFAD-FAO Medium Term Cooperation Project on Capacity Building for Farmers Organizations in the Philippines (MTCP-Phils), the Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA), the Free Farmers’ Federation (FFF), and the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) co-organized the Philippine Farmers’ Forum (Phil FaFo) 2010 last November […]
AFA shared the perspectives of small men and women farmers in Asia during the meeting of Agricord to discuss the next phase of the Farmers’ Fighting Poverty (FFP) last October 6, 2010 in Brussels, Belgium. Due to visa problems, AFA was not able to send its representative to the meeting, so it recorded a video […]
By Esther Penunia AFA Secretary General 6 October 2010 Good afternoon to all of you. Am happy to be with you, to share our thoughts for the proposed next phase of the Farmers Fighting Poverty or FFP. The Asian Farmers Association or AFA is a regional alliance formed in 2002. Currently, we have ten national […]
