I am Swapna Rani from Bogra, Bangladesh. I am a housewife and a youth farmer. I am a child of a farming family and am married to a farmer. Women have an immense role in the present society. In many agricultural countries, women are involved both in household chores and agricultural work. When I […]
I am Nguyen Thi BÃch Nguyet, 35 years old, from Khanh Trung commune, Yen Khanh district, Ninh Binh province, Vietnam. Over the past years, climate change has had a strong impact on agriculture. Climate change does not follow natural laws, leading to pests and diseases, land degradation, reduced yield and quality of rice and other […]
My name is Phoukhaok Phothisan, a 31-year-old farmer who is a member of the Thong Mang Organic Agriculture Cooperative in Xaythani District, Vientiane Capital, Laos. In 2017, I started small-scale farming by raising native chickens to sell eggs and chicken meat at the organic market every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday as well as by the […]
The pandemic and its consequences have had a huge impact on the livelihoods and welfare of small-scale family farmers. As expressed and observed, the disruptions within supply chains have widened the challenges confronting small-scale farmers and are partly because many farmers don’t have full control and access to productive resources, financial services, and affordable technologies […]
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 […]
