MTCP2, a programme implemented by the consortium Asian Farmers’ Association and La Via Campesina, was showcased in the Mekong Hub Knowledge and Learning Fair 2018 (MKLF) held at Centara Sandy Beach Resort in Da Nang, Vietnam on 3-6 July 2018. The MKLF, an activity hosted by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, featured Knowledge Learning […]
Sagain, Myanmar – Chan Law is a Naga ethnic form Sagain Division, Lay Shi Township, Panset Village, Myanmar. Currently, he lives in Naw Phu village. Law comes from a family of farmers. Since he was a child, he had been helping farm his parents’ land. In 2010, He graduated with a degree in Geography at […]
Hle Gu, Myanmar – Saw Htoo Baw is a young farmer from Tha Bite Kone village, Hle Gu Township in Myanmar. In 2015, the Agricultural Farmer Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) visited his area and met with him. Saw Htoo Baw expressed his concern about the increasing use of synthetic and chemical inputs amongst farmers in this […]
Vientiane capital, Laos — Based on a study conducted by the Lao Farmer Network (LFN) on youth in agriculture, young farmers will continue tending to their family farms if they can make sufficient income from these. As a response, LFN has piloted initiatives to support the youth so they can make a better income from […]
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Almost 80% of the population in Laos PDR work in the agriculture sector, while approximately 50% of rural youths are also engaged in this sector (FAO). One of them is Phouttasone Phaengvilay (Noy), a twenty-four-year-old who has been involved in agribusiness since 2008. Agriculture is traditionally passed on from generation to generation, which is also […]
A Viable Future: Attracting the Youth to Agriculture DOWNLOAD: A Viable Future: Attracting the Youth to Agriculture Youth is often the time when a person starts to dream of the future, think of the path to take and boldly and aggressively set his/her life in motion. In many rural villages, to be a farmer is […]
Young people speak up on how climate change is affecting the environment and agriculture and how people can take action to reduce the risks of climate change.
