History The issue over transgenic seeds stems from farmers confusion as to why they had to buy the corn seeds every time they want to plant corn. Plants were created by God and no man should not claim them as his/hers. The high cost of the seeds and the high cost of planting adds to […]
Hira Jhamtani and Dey Patria Some Indonesian farmers were recently prosecuted at the behest of a seed marketing company for breeding their own seeds instead of purchasing them from the company. Although the cases did not involve genetically modified seeds or seed multinationals, they have some disturbing implications. IN early 2005, without too much media […]
Food and Fertilizer Technology Center | http://www.fftc.agnet.org/ Soil and water conservation technologies and approaches are critical factors toward the sustainable use of the natural resource base for agriculture in Asia. It is estimated that about 80 percent of all available water supply in the region is mainly used for irrigation. Increasing withdrawals of water for […]
September 12, 2006 | www.greenpeace.org The Philippines is at serious risk from illegal GE (genetically-engineered) rice contamination as the international scandal around genetically-manipulated rice varieties which have not been commercially approved for human consumption grows bigger, Greenpeace warned today in a press briefing in Quezon City. Recent Greenpeace tests reveal that illegal GE rice from […]
By Daniel Altman | International Herald Tribune Published: September 12, 2006 Efforts by leading industrial and developing nations to resuscitate global free trade talks known as the Doha round fizzled last weekend in Rio de Janeiro. But globalization marches on. The International Herald Tribune’s global economics columnist, Daniel Altman, recently moderated an online discussion between […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), an alliance of millions of farmers from ten Asian countries, will hold the “Seminar-Workshop on SA: Developing AFA’s Advocacy on Sustainable Agricultureâ€, to be hosted by Aliansi Petani Indonesia (API), this coming July 11-17, 2006 in Batu City, Malang, Indonesia. This workshop will hopefully result in […]
A seminar-workshop entitled “Developing AFA’s Concept on Pro-Small Farmer Marketing and Trading†was held in Aichi and Mie, Japan last July 3-10, 2006, hosted by Ainokai, an AFA member in Japan, in partnership with AFA, AsiaDHRRA, and JaDHRRA.
Regular members of AFA who were also members of the Execom had their 14th meeting at the Aichi Health Plaza in Aichi, Japan last July 4, 2006. The highlights of the meeting included reports by the members and the secretariat. Some of the major decisions made included the approval of the AFA operations plan, roles […]
