AFA participated in an international conference entitled “People’s Food Sovereignty Now: Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Forum Parallel to World Summit on Food Security 2009″ held on November 13-17, in Rome, Italy. AFA was represented by Ms. Sudaporn Sittisathapornkul (Khun Paew), Chairperson, AFA, and Adviser, SKP; Mr. Pote Chumsri (Khun Pote), Secretary General, SKP and translator; […]
During the World Food Summit last November 16-18, 2009 in Rome, Italy, AFA joined other civil society organizations in calling for government support for food reserves to address hunger and stabilize markets. Click here for the press release: https://asianfarmers.org/?p=750
AFA participated in a side event entitled “Agriculture in Climate Change Negotiations – Identifying Farmers’ Solutions” during the CSO Forum Parallel to the World Summit on Food Security last November 13 and 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The workshop was attended by leaders of peasant and fisher organizations from around the world. It aimed to […]
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia represented AFA in the international meeting entitled “Territories, agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors faced with climate change: A better understanding of vulnerabilities for a more efficient response” organized by FAO and UNDP last October 21-22, 2009 in Brent, Le Quartz. Click here for the program: https://asianfarmers.org/events/200910climatechangevulnerabilities/program.pdf Click here for the […]
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia represented AFA to the World Food Week events in Rome on October 12-16, 2009. She was a panelist in one of the sessions of the High Level Experts Forum on “How to Feed the World in 2050” held at the FAO Headquarters in Rome last October 12-13. It was a […]
AFA participated in a WTO public forum entitled “Global Problems, Global Solutions: Towards Better Global Governance” held last 28 30 September 28 30, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Click here for more information about the WTO Public Forum 2009: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/public_forum09_e/public_forum09_e.htm AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia was a panellist for a session organized by IATP on September […]
The important role of women in ensuring food security and in coping with climate change cannot be denied. Thus, it is extremely important that the gender dimension not be left out in any analysis, discussion, and programs that seek to achieve food security and address climate change. Last year, through its researcher, Ms. Riza Bernabe, […]
One of AFA’s thrusts in terms of capacity building for its members is to facilitate technical cooperation and farmer exchanges. In one of its meetings last year, the Execom mandated the secretariat to set up a system where this processes can be facilitated. Last December, an opportunity came up for a study tour to be […]
