Genesis: Regional expert Consultation Meeting on “Family farmers cooperatives to end hunger and poverty through integrated framing in South Asia held on 22 -24th July 2019 at NDDB, Anand, India Background Dairying is a centuries-old tradition for millions of South Asian households by virtue of rearing milk-producing animals, primarily, cows and buffaloes since time immemorial. […]
After their CO-CD Training last January 21-22, 2021, 25 indigenous youth from Barangay Daraitan, Tanay, Rizal attended a writeshop activity last February 8-9, 2021. Organized by PAKISAMA, in partnership with AFA and RMI with the support of the YLA and VOICE, the writeshop aims to develop the skills of IP Youth in basic writing and […]
In order to help in the development of our indigenous youth as future IP leaders, there is a need to enhance their knowledge in community organizing as a method for empowering others. This enables them to push and advocate for the issues and needs of their community. Last January 21-22, 2021, PAKISAMA, in partnership with […]
It can be said that a woman farmer is an embodiment of the nexus of agriculture, health, nutrition, water, and energy. And that to succeed as a farmer and in family life in general, one needs land – to grow food, to build a house, to grow herbal plants, to get water, and to get […]
Agrobiodiversity is a strategic asset to fight food and nutrition insecurity, climate change and poverty. There are over 5,000 food crops, but global food systems continue to be dominated by only a few (rice, maize and wheat). While neglected and underutilized species (NUS) are at the margins of research and development, they are dominant in […]
NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT BEHIND, is the common message shared across the discussions during the APFSD Side Event titled “Multi-stakeholder Partnerships: Antidote to COVID-19 and Booster to SDG Action” held on 22 March 2021 via Zoom. Regional organizations from CSOs, governments, UN agency, and other stakeholders gathered to showcase initiatives on COVID-19 recovery and […]
March 13, 2021. Do you know that some Indigenous Peoples’ Communities have a way of storing their rice for 25 to 30 years? Ten members of the youth group in the Dumagat Remontado Indigenous Peoples’ Community of Tanay, Rizal joins 20 other young leaders from IP youth groups of Kasepuhan Pasir Eurih and Mollo Indigenous […]
The co-operative exists because of members. They are the source of its capital as owners of the co-operative enterprise; they are the source of its income as users of its services. It can be said then that members are key to the success or failure of the co-operative enterprise. But members can be owners only […]
