By Ika Krishnayanti, Bina Desa February 21, 2007 Jakarta, Indonesia — Mass actions delivered by civil societies to protest World Trade Organization (WTO) have been spread out all over the world. The Director General of WTO Pascal Lamy’s visit in Jakarta last February was the most welcome by various protests conducted by several peasant organizations, […]
In an expression of dismay over WTO policies in agriculture, Director General Pascal Lamy’s visit to the Philippines last February 23, 2007 was greeted by shouts of protest from farmers groups and other trade advocates, including AFA and PAKISAMA.
In a press conference held by civil society organizations from G33 countries last March 21 in Jakarta, Indonesia, AFA Chairperson Seo, Jung Eui called on G33 ministers to stand firm in the WTO negotiations to protect the interest of small farmers.
Jakarta, Indonesia March 21, 2007 We are the small women and men farmers, indigenous people, fisherfolk, non-government organizations, research and advocacy groups and other agricultural stakeholders calling on the G33 to resist the underhanded acts of the United States, European Union and other WTO members to undermine the right of developing countries’ to protect agricultural […]
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia was invited to a globally televised debate entitled “Failing the Farmersâ€, which was produced by TVE for BBC World in cooperation with IFAD last March 31 in London. She joined a panel of fourteen international panelists in considering the most salient issues confronting small farmers today.
Salembai Abdullah and Jaime Manalo IV | PhilRice Nearly 500 farmers, agricultural technicians, municipal agriculturists, journalists, and students from Central, Southern, and Western Mindanao and the ARMM gathered at PhilRice Midsayap in North Cotabato for its Field Day and Pest Clinic on April 18, 2007. PhilRice Midsayap is PhilRice’s pest management center.
 Bert Peeters | LEISA Magazine Over the last four years, the Cabiokid farm in Cabiao, the Philippines, has been developed following the priniciples of permaculture. Fields where mono-cropping and chemical farming techniques had been common for many years were transformed and now produce rice together with many other crops. The analysis of its transition […]
Submitted by; Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (AsiaDHRRA) External Consultant: Elenita C. Daño Link to the draft World Development Report 2008
