AFA and PAKISAMA support the campaign of the people of Mindoro against the entry of large-scale foreign mining that will destroy, among others, watershed areas and agricultural lands in the island province. One of PAKISAMA’s youth farmer leaders held a hunger strike during the World Food Summit in Rome in November, in solidarity with other […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), a regional alliance of nine national farmers’ organizations, in eight countries in Asia, representing ten million farmers, held a consultation-workshop, entitled “Farmers’ Voices, Farmers’ Choices: AFA Regional Consultations on Food Sovereignty, Climate Change and Marketing”, last October 6-10, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. This consultation was part […]
AFA joined around 2,000 individuals from different NGOs and POs from different countries in a peaceful march to the UN office in Bangkok last October 5 to demand climate justice. United under the banner of “Asian People’s Solidarity for Climate Change”, the marchers called on the developed countries (the north) to give full reparations for […]
Women leaders from farmer organizations belonging to AFA called on international leaders involved in climate change talks to craft policies with a gender and agriculture perspective and to support capacity building for women on climate change adaptation. In a consultation entitled “Asian Women Farmers Reclaiming Space for Food Sovereignty amidst Climate Change” held last October […]
AFA presented a video teaser on climate change during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand last October 22, 2009. In response to the threats of climate change, which impacts heavily on small scale men and women farmers in Asia, the video called on world leaders, policy makers, and other stakeholders to Cut green house gas […]
AFA held its 24th Execom Meeting last October 5-6, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. During the meeting, the Execom decided on important organizational matters as well as the plans for the next year, including the preparations for the next General Assembly which will be held in Taiwan in March 2010.
The attached research brief was distributed during the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, where AFA was represented by Ms. Riza Bernabe, who was part of the Philippine delegation and who worked closely with CSOs looking into agriculture in the UNFCC negotiations. Ms. Bernabe’s participation in the event was supported by WOCAN (Women Organizing for Change […]
(First cut of AFA’s video shown during a side meeting of women’s groups who are in Copenhagen for the climate change negotiations.)
