Iriga City — Secretary General Kazuhiro Yamamoto and Ainou magazine editor Ryoko Tsuboi of Ainoukai, an AFA member organization promoting organic agriculture in Japan, are in the Philippines for a study tour on organic agriculture in PAKISAMA member and partner areas. They are joined by Dr. Tiuro Miura, Mr. Takaya Machigami, Mr. Santosh Kumar, Mr. […]
International Climate Change Negotiations: Ensuring Support for Adaptation and Mitigation Measures in Smallholder Agriculture AFA Issue paper, Volume 2 Number 4, December 2009 DOWNLOAD: International Climate Change Negotiations: Ensuring Support for Adaptation and Mitigation Measures in Smallholder Agriculture In December 2009, women in Sayphusi, a village in the province of Attapeu in Laos, were busy […]
This article was originally published by the ASEAN Secretariat ASEAN Secretariat, 23 November 2009. Civil society organisations (CSOs), think tanks, universities and other national and regional stakeholders around the ASEAN region came together today to brainstorm on possible methods of engagement between these stakeholders and the ASEAN Governments. Held in Jakarta, over three days, the […]
PRESS RELEASE Civil Society Urges Heads of State to Support Food Reserves to Address Hunger, Stabilise Markets Civil society organisations have called on governments attending the World Summit on Food Security (16-18 November) to support the use of food reserves as an essential step towards achieving universal food security. In a letter released at the […]
PRESS RELEASE By Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) November 15, 2009 On the opening of FAO’s World Summit on Food Security, Jonjon Sarmiento, a young farmer for Mindoro Island in the Philippines, and a participant to the CSO Forum Parellel to the World Summit on Food Security, will go on a hunger strike to protest the […]
16 November 2009 Hon. LITO ATIENZA Secretary Department of Environment and Natural Resources Quezon City, Philippines Dear Hon Atienza, We are participants gathered here in Rome, Italy, for the Peoples’ Food Sovereignty Now: Civil Society Organizations’ Forum Parallel to the World Summit on Food Security, being held November 14-17, 2009. Mr. Jonjon Sarmiento, one of […]
Monday, Nov 16, 2009 / 12.00-14.00 hours / Open Space Tent A side event during the CSO Forum Parallel to World Summit on Food Security / November 13, 17, 2009 Rome , Itlay The CSO Forum parallel to the World Summit on Food Security will gather leaders of peasants organizations from around the world who […]
MANUAL FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN IFAD-SUPPORTED PROJECTS IN CHINA Asia and the Pacific Division Programme Management Department November 2009 Click here to download01
