Young people from different provinces in Laos gathered at VAREE books cafe on 18-20 August 2020 for the Young Farmers Leadership and Advocacy Training organized by the Lao Farmer Network with support from AFOSP and FFF. This activity aims to provide support for youth activities. The activities conducted during this training include: Day 1: Mr. […]
Phouttasone Phaengvilay (Noy) of Hoi Agriculture Cooperative in Xiengjhouang, Laos is a young farmer member of the Lao Farmer Network who is doing vegetable cultivation among other farming activities. In this video, we follow Noy as she goes about her day-to-day activities.
Food Hero: Asia Pacific Farmers Overcoming COVID-19 When COVID-19 broke out, many jobs were stopped and the once busy world was put to a halt. But food production cannot be paused. Looking at the bright side, COVID-19 brought forth front liners on all facets of life–medical, social, spiritual, psychological, and physical–all equally investing talents and […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) showcased AFOSP farmers’ organizations’ response to COVID-19 as well as AFOSP impact stories during the 3rd ASEAN-EU Cooperation and Scholarships Day 2020 on 13-14 August 2020 through a virtual exhibition. The two-day virtual event showcased EU-ASEAN development cooperation projects and highlight opportunities to study abroad including scholarship opportunities, ranging from […]
Young Women and Men Farmers for Sustainable, Resilient, and Gender-Sensitive Agri-Forest Based Livelihoods With the rapid increase of population in the Asian region comes the rising demand for food. The Asian Development Bank projects that the agriculture sector needs to produce 60% more food globally by 2050, with developing countries requiring a 100% increase in […]
AFA member Lao Farmer Network (LFN) established a partnership with MTCP2-AFOSP in 2014, and since then, the farmers’ organization in Lao PDR has achieved a lot of accomplishments with the support of the program being implemented by the consortium AFA and La Via Campesina (LVC). The following are among these achievements: facilitating cross-learning between Lao […]
This article was originally published by FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok/Manila/Jakarta/Rome. Asia-Pacific’s smallholder family farmers produce most of the world’s food, yet they are facing a disproportionate impact on their livelihoods and food security due to the present coronavirus pandemic, a collaboration of FAO and advocacy groups warned today. The COVID-19 […]
In 1994, a community in Kyawhgulay village, Danu Self Administered Zone, Ywangan Township, Shan State, Myanmar established a village conservation forest (CF). The applied for registration in 2003-2004 and was granted a certificate for 130 acres of land in 2005. They applied for certification for the second time and was granted a total of 1300 […]
