Rene Peñas, PAKISAMA’s National Vice President, drops a streamer rapel-style from the pedestrian overpass in front of St. Peter’s Church in Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City. PAKISAMA is joined by farmers from Sumilao, Banasi and Calatagan, fisherfolk leaders from MAMAMAYAN, and students from the University of Caloocan. See more information at the PAKISAMA website
1. How does climate change affect women farmers and how can they better adapt to it? Agriculture is going through a lot of changes worldwide. These changes include positive elements such as industrialization, technology development, and mass production. But it also includes negative elements such as scarcity of natural resources due to climate change. These […]
The world food crisis is a major threat and one of the main political challenges for the next years. Famines and subtle hunger appear on a regional level, but the causes for the crisis are globally connected and solutions must be found on a global level. To help search for regional and local solutions to […]
Last week, a blog I wrote entitled 1500 Farmers Commit Suicide: A Wake Up Call for Humanity was virally shared online, and was the featured story on the home page of Huffington Post. Referencing a story from The Independent that was vague on details and called them “mass” suicides, undoubtedly, I participated in the sensationalization […]
Bangkok, Thailand – The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) held the 29th Regional Conference for Asia and The Pacific (FAORAP Conference) last March 26-31, in Bangkok, Thailand. Around 150 delegates from 33 countries participated in the conference. AFA participated as an observer in this conference, represented by its Chairperson, Ms. Sudaporn Sittisathapornkul and Secretary General, […]
29th FAORAP Conference CIVIL SOCIETY JOINT STATEMENT March 30, 2009 Bangkok, Thailand (Presented during the Ministerial meeting segment, March 30, 2009 , by Ms. Esther Penunia, AFA Secretary General.) Distinguished ministers and officers of the ministries of agriculture, forestry, fisheries in the Asia Pacific Region, Director General Jacques Diof, and officers of FAO RAP, good […]
STATEMENT FROM CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPANTS 29TH FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC BANGKOK, 26-31 MARCH 2009 We, representatives from farmers’ organisations, indigenous peoples, women, agricultural workers, fisher folks, people’s movements and civil society organisations from Asia-Pacific countries, wish to register to the delegates at the 29th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the […]
Video clips of PAKISAMA 7th National Congress
