by Kang, Min Su, AFA October 14, Davao City, Phlippines. Farmer leaders and staff from AFA members in Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Korea exchanged experiences on organic farming in an informal sharing session last October 14, in the Mindanao office of PAKISAMA, a national farmers’ confederation in the Philippines. Meeting the fifteen organic farmers from […]
2008-09-23 13:30:00, Dr Gursharan Singh Kainth, Commodity Online Indian agriculture is facing a policy paradox. It has been primarily characterised as a means of subsistence, small investments, small return and a source of livelihood for the rural households. Till recent past element of commerce was limited to a few commercial crops such as jute, sugarcane, […]
New policy to transfer land-use rights a sign of deepening economic and social crisis Mon, 6 Oct 2008, chinaworker.info reporters During the holiday week, on 30 September, president Hu Jintao paid a symbolically loaded visit to a village in Anhui province, hailed as the spot where 30 years ago Deng Xiaoping’s decollectivisation policy took root. […]
Climate Change: Causes, Impacts and Possible Responses in Asian Agriculture AFA Issue Paper, Volume 1, Number 1, October 2008 DOWNLOAD: Climate Change: Causes, Impacts and Possible Responses in Asian Agriculture
Contributed by Hazel V. Antonio, PhilRice What seemed to be a nightmare-causing insect for most of us could actually be the farmers’ comfort-causing pal? That’s the earwig, the insects in the order Dermaptera characterized by membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings. Some believe that earwigs transmit disease, and harm humans and animals because of […]
The Farmer Field School Approach – History, Global Assessment and Success Stories Arnoud Braun and Deborah Duveskog October 2008 Background Paper for the IFAD Rural Poverty Click here to download
By Kang, Min Su, AFA The Korean Advanced Farmers Federation’s (KAFF) commemoration of Lee Kyung Hae’s 5th death anniversary ended successfully. The commemoration was organized in order to remember the farmer-leader’s sacrifice. September 7 was a national marathon event and September 11 was the commemoration itself. Special rites were held before Lee Kyung Hae’s grave […]
API Reflection-Discussion Forum dedicated for 5th Commemoration of Lee Kyung Hae By Loji Hady, API Jakarta, Indonesia (12 Sep 2008) — In line with 5th year of the death of Lee Kyung Hae, a South Korean Farmer who committed suicide in Cancun, Mexico during the Ministerial Meeting of WTO in 2003, API held a reflection-discussion […]
