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
In response to the threats of climate change, which impacts heavily on small scale men and women farmers in Asia, AFA calls on world leaders, policy makers, and other stakeholders: Cut green house gas emissions! Promote sustainable agriculture! Support small scale men and women farmers now!
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 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 […]
Farmers’ Voices, Farmers’ Choices: AFA Regional Consultations on Food Sovereignty, Climate Change, and Marketing October 4-10, 2009 Bangkok, Thailand Click here to download
