Sory Channath, a 37-year-old young farmer from Tomnum Thmey Village, Chheap Commune, Toeuk Phos District, Kampong Chhnang Province, Cambodia, has built a career in hatching chicken eggs and supplying chicks to his community. He manages a 3-hectare farm, where he grows paddy rice on 2 hectares, raises poultry on 0.5 hectares, cultivates vegetables on 0.37 […]
Bibek Rai, a 30-year-old resident of Suryodaya Municipality-10, Ilam District, Koshi Province, Nepal, is a young and passionate tea farmer and entrepreneur. He is affiliated with the Ratnachowk Tea Producer Cooperative Society Ltd. and serves as a member of the youth committee of the Central Tea Cooperative Federation (CTCF) Nepal, a member of the Asian […]
First Thailand Young Farmers Camp and Agrilympics (YFCA)“Nurturing Livelihoods, Building Identity, Youth for the Sea”11-13 June 2025Blue Swimming Crab Bank and Coastal Fisheries Learning Center, Baan Nai Thung, Tha Sala District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province The First Thailand Young Farmers Camp and Agrilympics (YFCA), held on June 11–13, 2025 at the Blue Swimming Crab Bank […]
Purpose AFA is launching a Young Farmers Case Story Series to shine a spotlight on the inspiring journeys, struggles, and innovations of our young farmer members. Through these short write-ups, we aim to celebrate their contributions, share learnings across the region, and make a strong case for investing in youth in agriculture. We are calling […]
First Pakistan Young Farmers Camp and Agrilympics27-29 May 2025 | Karakoram International University Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, PakistanOrganized by the Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF) Sixty young farmers and Agriculture and Management students from Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan came together for three action-packed days of learning, adventure, innovation, and friendly competition— all designed to inspire and empower […]
First India (Eastern Region) Young Farmers Camp and Agrilympics (YFCA)29-30 May 2025 | The Neotia University Campus, West Bengal, IndiaOrganized by the Institute for Motivating Self Employment (IMSE) Young farmers in Eastern India participated in the First India (Eastern Region) Young Farmers Camp and Agrilympics (YFCA), an event combining fun, agriculture-themed games and rural life […]
The Lao Farmers’ Association (LFA) plans to strengthen farmers’ group networks with the aim of producing quality agricultural products and increasing incomes. This was the consensus of the association’s annual meeting held in Vientiane, Lao PDR on February 11-12 to review achievements in 2024, discuss ongoing projects within each Commodities Network (ComNET), and outline the […]
Surigao del Sur, Philippines — A new aroma fills the air in Tagbina, Surigao del Sur as the Progressive Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PARBEMCO) Youth Committee officially opened ParbemCafé on December 11, 2024. Through the AFA SPADe Project—Empowering Women and Youth in Cooperatives—the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) supported PARBEMCO’s young entrepreneurs with a […]
