AIPP/NTFP-EP/AFA Statement for the Asia Pacific Forestry Week 2016 DOWNLOAD:Â AIPP-NTFP-EP-AFA-Statement-for-the-APFW-2016
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) participated in the just concluded 3rd Asia Pacific Forestry Week 2016, held last February 22-26 at Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines, coinciding with the 26th session of the Asia Pacific Forestry Commission of The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). AFA joined a consortium composed […]
AFA presentation for the Agricord General Assembly and meeting of the Advisory Committee for Farmers Fighting Poverty held on October 28 2015 in Quebec, Canada.
DOWNLOAD: Promoting the Rights and Livelihoods of Forest and Farm Producers in Asia Seeing the Forests and the Farms Together: Promoting the Rights and Livelihoods of Forest and Farm Producers in Asia, AFA Issue Paper, Volume 7, Number 2, August 2015 There is a very close relationship between forestry and farming. Both forests and farms […]
Challenges and Opportunities for forest user organizations in forest resource management and sustainable forest based livelihoods Presentation by Reymondo A. Caraan Senior Program Officer, Securing Community Forestry RECOFTC, The Center for People and Forests August 2-3, 2015, Yangon, Myanmar Mr. Reymondo Caraan (RECOFTC) gave an overview on how to get more rights awarded to forest […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development will hold the event “Regional Sharing Workshop Building our Agenda for Farmers in Forested Landscapes” on August 2-3, 2015 in Yangon, Myanmar. The event will be hosted by its member, the Agriculture and Farmer Federation Myanmar (AFFM) with support from the FAO-Forest and Farm Facility (FFF). There […]
Published in 1991, this practical and insightful book is still as relevant as ever. The author, Shimpei Murakami, who is now AFA’s Chairperson, has shared a PDF copy for the public. From the Foreword: “This book, Lessons from Nature by Mr. Shimpei Murakami is a praiseworthy attempt to explore the rules and principle’s of nature […]
