The Young Farmers’ Enterprise Challenge Fund was established to empower young farmers, fishers, pastoralists, and forest users in building sustainable agri-forest-based businesses. Farming, fishing, pastoralism, and forest-based activities have long been the backbone of our communities, sustaining both our people and our environment. However, young people in these sectors face challenges including access to finance, […]
Located approximately 16 kilometers east of the Hai Lang district center in Vietnam, Hai Duong is a low-lying commune made up of plains and sandy dunes. About 1/3 of the commune’s land is covered by sandy areas, making agricultural production challenging and requiring farmers to carefully adapt their practices to local conditions. Its natural lagoons […]
Ban Lam Puen, a coastal village in Satun Province, Thailand, once faced serious challenges brought about by the degradation of its coastal and marine resources. Illegal fishing practices, including trawling, placed increasing pressure on the area’s marine ecosystem, affecting the resources that local fishing households depended on for their livelihoods. In response, a new generation […]
Over the years, fishers in Thung Noi, a local fishing community in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand, saw a significant decline in their catches. Fewer fish and other aquatic resources meant growing concerns about the health of the marine ecosystem and the ability of fishing households to sustain their livelihoods. Recognizing that the future of […]
The APFP-FO4A Knowledge Market and Farmers’ Products Fair 2024 will feature a photo contest to showcase the initiatives, activities, and achievements of APFP-FO4A partner Farmers’ Organizations and to highlight family farmers’ contributions to agricultural, economic, and social development. With this, the consortium Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and La Via Campesina (LVC), […]
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines – Excitement is in the air as the First Asia-Pacific Young Farmers Camp and Agrilympics (YFCA) gears up for a spectacular event at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Laguna, Philippines from 12-16 August 2024. This event will bring together 130 young farmers, fishers, pastoralists, and forest-users from 20 […]
June 3 , 2024 , Bonn, Germany – As the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) continues to make efforts to raise the voices and perspectives of small scale women, men and young family farmers in consultations and decision-making processes relating to actions to adapt and mitigate climate change in agriculture and food systems, AFA engages in […]
Vietnam's ecologically sensitive wetlands, which produce much of the country's food staples, including rice, fish and fowl, are now beginning to suffer the effects of over-exploitation.
''Environmental protection and economic development sometimes contradict each other,'' Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) Pham Khoi Nguyen said, spelling out the government's dilemma.
But Nguyen indicated that the time had come for drastic measures to protect a vast region of shimmering paddies and mudflats, stretching from the Red River valley in the north to the Mekong Delta in the south, which ''plays a crucial role in ensuring the national food supply but is also home to delicate ecosystems''.
