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
We, the Asian Peoples’ Solidarity for Climate Justice, are gathered here in Bangkok, Thailand to take our stand in the face of an unprecedented conflict. It is a conflict over resources, a conflict driven by unfettered profiteering and the slavery of consumption, it is a conflict brought about the domination and ascendancy of private interest […]
Farmers’ Regional Trade Agenda: Farmers’ Collective Voice on Trade in the ASEAN Region AFA Issue Paper, Volume 2 Number 3, October 2009 DOWNLOAD: Farmers’ Regional Trade Agenda: Farmers’ Collective Voice on Trade in the ASEAN Region The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been trying hard to go into free trade agreements (FTAs) with […]
Powerpoint Presentation: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Rethinking Agricultural Paradigms – We Are Not Alone BSWM Public Forum Quezon City, September 29, 2009 Prof. Norman Uphoff, CIIFAD Click here to download
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, will hold a consultation-workshop, entitled “Farmers’ Voices, Farmers’ Choices: AFA Regional Consultations on Food Sovereignty, Climate Change and Marketing”, on October 6-10, 2009, at Princeton Park Suites, No. 3, […]
