The New Agriterra Liaison Officer to the Philippines, Michiel Burgondien, carried out an orientation-mission to the Philippines last April 23 – May 8, 2007. The mission was facilitated by AFA Sec Gen Esther Penunia and Technical Assistant Jun Virola.
The AFA Chairperson and the AFA Secretary General attended the AsiaDHRRA ExeCom meeting last May 1, 2007, organized by TaiwanDHRRA and NPUST.
The Regional Consultation on Medium Term Cooperation Program was held on May 16-17 in Bangkok Thailand. It was organized by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Thailand AFA member SorKorPor hosted a meeting between Regional office of the World Vegetable Research Center and AFA last May 19 in Bangkok, Thailand.
AFA Sec Gen Esther Penunia, acted as main trainer/facilitator in the Training Workshop on Basic Advocacy Skills held last May 28-30 in Do Son, Hai Phong, Vietnam organized by CAEV-VietDHRRA, an AsiaDHRRA member.
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The Asian Farmers’ Association held the event entitled “Regional Workshop on ASEAN: Firming up Asian Farmers’ Campaign on ASEAN Regional Integration in Agriculture†last March 10-13, 2007 in Wisma BPK, Kalibata, Jakarta, Indonesia.
March 10-11 were devoted to the workshop itself. For Session 1: ASEAN Regional Integration in Agriculture, AsiaDHRRA Program Officer Lany Rebagay gave a presentation entitled “ASEAN Regional Integration in Agricultureâ€. Focus on the Global South Program Coordinator Ms. Jenina Joy Chavez (Joy) gave a presentation entitled “Regional Integration in Agriculture: Experiences from the EU, Mercosur […]
