An organized cooperative can enable women to access government services and support. The women farmers from the indigenous groups and “so-called”, lower caste, in Kailali District in Nepal have been discriminated against for a long time. They were unable to access support because they live on government lands with no land certificates. They set up the Kalika […]
BANGKOK, THAILAND – On July 5, 2022, thirty-seven participants, members, and partners of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives on Community Empowerment (SEARICE), from 13 Asian countries, gathered in Bangkok, Thailand for a three-day workshop, with the theme “Transforming Asia’s Food Systems Through Rights Based Solutions: Capacity […]
“The Philippines is among the top five countries in all of Asia in terms of the number of land acquisition deals made in the past 20 years. Even more alarming, as of 2021, there are potentially 3.6 million hectares — about 58 percent of all the arable land in the Philippines — that are under negotiation […]
As the regional focal point for Asia of the Land Matrix Initiative, AFA promotes the critical importance of gathering and recording information on LSLAs to raise awareness about the impacts of LSLAs at the local and national level, and to lobby for comprehensive land reform that facilitates access to and tenure over land, water, and […]
We are here today to exchange views on a subject that carries dramatic implications on the world's economic well being, particularly that relating to the developing world. We have a good cross section of the civil society here, and I look forward to a candid exchange of views later on.
Today's gathering is very much part of the constructive dialogue that we intend to have with the civil society which has become an integral part of the World Trade Organisation fabric.
Regional Dialogue on Family Farming in Asia and the Pacific: Leveraging the role of family farming towards more inclusive and resilient food systems in response to crises 29 June 2022 | 10:00 – 16:00 GMT+7 (Bangkok) The UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF), a joint initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the […]
Transforming Asia’s Food Systems Through Rights-based Solutions Capacity Building Workshop on UNDROP and Agroecology July 5-8, 2022 I Bangkok, Thailand OBJECTIVES: Formally forge the four-year-long partnership among 24 organizations that will advocate for UNDROP and agroecology in their respective countries. Create a regional alliance among the 24 CSO participants that will promote agroecology and peasants’ […]
“Few development benefits, many human and environmental risks”. This statement encapsulates the findings of the Land Matrix Initiative’s latest analytical report entitled, “Taking stock of the global land rush”. The analytical report examined the socio-economic and environmental impacts of the 1,865 large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) registered in its database. Analysis of this data, together with […]
