Leaders of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) joined around 80 other farmer leaders from around the world for the second global meeting of the Farmers’ Forum that TOOK place on February 11-12, 2008 in conjunction with the thirty-first session of International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) Governing Council.
Following the 21st AFA Execom meeting in Bangkok, Thailand last December 22, 2007, AFA announced that it will hold its third general assembly in Korea on February 28 to March 3, 2008, to be hosted by the Korean Advanced Farmers’ Federation (KAFF).
AFA successfully conducted the regional consultation-workshop entitled “ASEAN at 40: Challenges to Asian Farmers Posed by the Charter and Economic Community Blueprint” last December 20-21 at KU Home in Bangkok, Thailand. It was hosted by Sor Kor Por or Farmers’ Federations’ Association for Development in Thailand. The consultation was part of AFA’s continuing efforts to […]
A group of indigenous farmers from southern Philippines went on a 60-day march to Manila to reclaim 144 hectares of ancestral land that they lost 10 years ago after it was converted into commercial use and exempted from the land reform program, in favour of a big landowner in the province.
AFA, through its Indonesia member Aliansi Petani Indonesia or API, participated in activities organized by civil society organizations (CSOs) parallel to the conferences of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC), such as the thirteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 13) and the third session of the meeting of […]
Another female staff joined the secretariat of AFA last November 16, 2007, bringing the total number of staff to 5, 2 of which are male and 3 are female. Ms. Shu Hui Tsai, a former volunteer for TaiwanDHRRA, AsiaDHRRA and ICDF, recently finished her one year teaching contract in Chang Rai, Thailand. She applied for […]
AFA participated in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific’s (UNEP-ESCAP) Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) ) for the 16th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) held last November 26-27, 2007 at Hotel Borubudur in Jakarta, Indonesia.
