Rajasthan, India – The International Land Coalition (ILC) Asia, in which the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) is a member, conducted its annual regional land forum and regional assembly on 30 September to 4 October 2019 in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Among the matters discussed are the land forum for the national land issues in India, cross-cutting […]
Focal persons from the ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Agricultural Cooperative (ASGWAC), ASEAN Secretariat, CSOs, agri-agencies and private sector participated in the Second Regional Workshop on Developing the Action Plan of the ASEAN Roadmap for Agricultural Cooperatives was at the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia on 25 September 2019. The participants deliberated on the action plan that was […]
A five-member team from the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) carried out a Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) – Civil Society Organization (CSO) country visit to Bhutan on 15-23 September 2019. The mission team, consisting of AFA Secretary-General Esther Penunia, Asia Pacific Farmers’ Program Coordinator Lany Rebagay, AFA Cooperative Development Manager Jojo Ebron, AFA […]
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia attends the “Policy Forum on Development (PFD) – Asia Regional Meeting” held on 24-25 September 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Penunia, representing farmers organizations, provided comments to highlight family farmers as solution providers and actors for SDG implementation and that their work should be supported. The meeting is mainly centered upon […]
YANGON, MYANMAR – Why are the youth becoming less and less interested in agriculture? The future of sustainable agriculture is in the hands of the younger generation, but how can we draw their attention and interest to engage in the development of modern agriculture practice in Myanmar? These are two of the topics discussed during […]
Kendrio Krishok Moyitree (KKM) held its bi-annual conference held on 16 September 2019. A total of 89 representatives including 9 observers (3 are youth) from 14 sub-districts of 10 districts attended the conference. During the conference, a new committee of 15 members has been formed through an election. The committee members are: President: Monir Ahmed […]
AFA, with support from CSA and supplementary support from AsiaDHRRA and ThaiDHRRA, conducted a Scoping Mission and National Cooperatives and Social Enterprises Forum in Thailand on 8-15 September 2019. The team, consisting of AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia, AFA Cooperative Development Program Manager Jojo Ebron, and Cezar Belangel of AsiaDHRRA, accompanied by ThaiDHRRA, went to […]
Christen Narazary belongs to the tribal Bodo Community in Kharjaigun village of Sonapar District in India. She is a hardworking and intelligent woman who has been educated until Grade IV. She was married off to another community and has two daughters. Christen was a traditional weaver, but she found a job as a tailor in […]
