Zekoku Ainoukai, a farmer organization in Japan devoted to organic farming and an AFA member, started this year’s preparation course for future farmers last April 8. The course is for Japanese citizens who are interested in farming, most of whom are from the city and are still working in companies.
Mr. Long Dimanche, Secretary of Farmer Nature Net (FNN), a farmer-organization in Cambodia practicing sustainable agriculture and an AFA member, will present AFA’s alternative marketing experiences in a regional conference in Bali, Indonesia on May 9-12, 2006.
ASHOK B SHARMA | www.financialexpress.com The WTO dispute settlement body’s (DSB) final verdict on Europe’s de facto moratorium on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and food comes at a time when India is busy finalising its labeling norms on GMOs. The nature of the verdict suggests that it has more of political implications, rather than scientific, […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), an association of around nine (9) million farmers from ten (10) Asian countries, held its first major event for the year last April 6-12, 2006 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with the theme “Directions, Actions, Milestones: 2006-2010â€. Event activities included a strategic planning workshop, a field visit […]
AsiaDHRRA and AFA are members of SAPA (Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacy), a network of non-government organizations currently engaging the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the formulation of an ASEAN Charter. The following article was presented during the meeting of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) last April 17 in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. AsiaDHRRA […]
GC Kim representing the Korean Advanced Farmers Association (KAFF) was elected as the new AFA Chairperson during the recently concluded 2nd AFA General Assembly held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia last April 11, 2006.
Click here for the Chinese translation We, leaders and members belonging to the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), gathered here at Phnom Penh, Cambodia for a “Forum on WTO and ASEAN: Asian Farmers’ Perspectives in Engaging Intergovernmental Bodiesâ€, this 11th of April 2006, on the occasion of AFA’s Strategic Planning and General […]
Asian Farmers Association (AFA) General Assembly April 10, 2006 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia Consuelo Katrina A. Lopa, Officer-in-Charge, South East Asian Committee for Advocacy On behalf of the members and officers of the South East Asian Committee for Advocacy (SEACA), I would like to express our solidarity to all the members of the Asian Farmers’ […]
