I am Ngô Dang Tùng. I was born in 1991 in Xuan Lan village, Huong Mai commune, Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province, Vietnam. I am working on a garden-pond-barn model with more than 2800 square meters of water surface for fish farming, 70 square meters of barn for breeding pig, poultry, and waterfowl. I […]
I am Hyacinth Bangero, a young Filipino farmer who was raised by a teacher and a farmer. At age 27, I wear several hats and one of them is being a farmer. I do not have formal training in managing farmlands, but my education was supported through the produce of our farmland managed by my […]
I am Duong Van Trinh, 35 years old, and a farmer from Hong Giang commune, Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province, Vietnam. Currently, the regional and global situation is still complicated and unpredictable because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many agricultural importers are still under tightened barriers and heightened safeguard measures. The market issue needs to […]
I am Alar-laa Joy Cagata, an aspiring young farmer from Iloilo, Philippines. I come from a family of farmers. Whenever I look at my old parents, I always see hope in agriculture. Due to poverty, at six, I was already helping them on the farm tilling, planting, weeding, and harvesting palay, almost every day. One […]
By Ibrahima Coulibaly, President of the Network of Farmers’ Organizations and Smallholder Farmers in West Africa (ROPPA); Alberta Guerra, Senior Policy Analyst at ActionAid USA; and Esther Penunia, Secretary-General of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) This article is originally posted on gafspfund.org: https://www.gafspfund.org/news/cultivating-small-scale-farming-approach-improve-food-security Across the world, between 720 and 811 million […]
Phase 2 of UNDFF ComDev Asia campaign “Family Farming at the Heart of Sustainable Food Systems” When: 7 December 2021 | 15:00 GMT+8 Philippine time REGISTER ComDev Asia (CDA) invites everyone to join the launch of the 2nd phase of its awareness campaign for family farmers on 7 December 2021, 3:00PM (Manila Time) via Zoom. […]
Pagbangon is On: 2021 KLMPE Video Contest on Building Back Better of Family Farmers in the midst of Pandemic ENTRIES Theme: “Building back better towards resilient, inclusive and sustainable rural development” MECHANICS 1. Post a two to three-minute video (of any approach/type; can be a vlog, TikTok video, music video, etc. preferably […]
Viable and Resilient Small-Scale Farming in the New Normal: Ensuring a better future for family farmers in Asia-Pacific 7 December 2021 | 10:00 – 16:30 GMT+8 Philippines REGISTER This event is within the framework of ILC’s Commitment-based Initiative 2 (CBI 2), Strong small-scale farming systems. CBI 2 is about ensuring “equitable land distribution and public […]
