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An event entitled “Seminar-Workshop on Developing AFA’s Advocacy on Sustainable Agriculture†was held in Kusuma Agrowisata Hotel, Batu City, Malang, Indonesia last September 11-17, 2006. The event was hosted by Aliansi Petani Indonesia or API (AFA’s member in Indonesia) and Bina Desa, API’s strategic NGO partner. The seminar-workshop resulted in a draft outline of AFA’s […]
The 15th AFA Execom Meeting was held in Batu City, Malang Indonesia last September 12, 2006, presided by Chairperson Seo, Jung Eui. Representatives from all AFA Execom member organizations — KAFF, SorKorPor, PAKISAMA, API, and TWADA — were present in the meeting. The following are some of the major decisions made by the Execom: – […]
Members of the Indonesian local media gathered in Batu City, Malang, Indonesia last September 12, 200 for a press conference with AFA, represented by Chairperson Seo, Jung Eui and Secretary General Esther Penunia. Seo pointed out the need for Asian farmers to unite in the face of WTO and other threats such as free trade […]
In order to learn more about the situation of Indonesian farmers, specifically their initiatives on SA, the participants to AFA’s seminar-workshop on sustainable agriculture went to Tlego Makmur, a farming village near Mt. Semeru, the highest mountain in East Java, last September 13, 2006.
After a careful documentation of the land reclaiming struggle of farmers in Indonesia, peasant organization API and support organization Bina Desa launched a book on land reclaiming entitled “Land to the Tiller: Initiating Land Use in Pasir Randu” during the seminar-workshop on sustainable agriculture last September 15, 2006 in Batu City, Malang Indonesia. Case Documentation: […]
Adapted from the video documentary version of the book Land reclaiming is an inseparable part of the agrarian reform movement in Indonesia that the state has regarded an illegal act until now. It arose because of the failure of agrarian reform implementation in the country since it became independent. Most often, the peasants who reclaim […]
Since 2003, around 10 peasants in Kediri regency have either been sued in court or put in jail after being accused by PT Bisi, a seed company, of illegal breeding and stealing of company seeds. The Aliansi Petani Indonesia (API) has been documenting these cases involving their peasant members.
