The COVID-19 pandemic made citizens realize again the value of farmers producing local and healthy food, and governments the value of becoming more and more self-reliant by boosting local agricultural production. It has confirmed our advocacy for shorter and inclusive agri-food supply chains, with strong participation of farmers in the governance of these chains; and […]
In Vietnam, a country of small-scale farmers, an integrated farming system called VAC rapidly gains interest. Although their plots are small, most farmers can achieve surplus for the market from six months to two years after starting the work.
Kendrio Krishok Moitree, AFA member in Bangladesh, conducted its first National Young Farmers Conference last December 22, 2020. As a result, a 15-member National Young Farmers Committee was formed, and a Young Farmers Strategic Plan 2021-2022 was adopted. The conference, co-organized with Action Aid Bangladesh, was attended by 28 young farmers from 14 Upazillas, as […]
February 8, 2021 – Are the Philippines’ Protected Areas (PAs) and Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) free from the encroachment of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs)? What policies and programs can we recommend to ensure that these PAs and KBAs are protected? What mitigating actions can we do in areas where there are already LSLAs? The Pambansang […]
This post is originally published by ActionAid. Here’s what agricultural development looks like when it’s done by and for farmers. The Missing Middle Initiative is an innovative program that flips top-down approaches to agricultural development in the Global South. Family farmers and farmers’ organizations manage their own projects from start to finish and can access […]
The initiatives of farmers’ organizations (FOs) in the ASEAN region under the ASEAN Farmers’ Organisation Support Programme (AFOSP) were presented during the First Regional Youth Talk, held on 8 February 2021 via Zoom. AFOSP is co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and is implemented by the […]
PAKISAMA, in partnership with the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), the Indonesian Institute for Forest and Environment (RMI), VOICE-Global, Youth and Land Asia (YLA), and the International Land Coalition (ILC), has successfully conducted its leadership training last October 21st to 24th, 2020 for the indigenous youth of the Dumagat-Remontado tribe. The said […]
As a response to the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses, indigenous youth belonging to the Dumagat-Remontado tribe, with the assistance of PAKISAMA as well as the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), the Indonesian Institute for Forest and Environment (RMI), and VOICE-Global, facilitated a relief operations for families affected by the disaster in Brgy. […]
