This story was written by the editorial staff of the EU-ASEAN Blue Book 2021 If you want to have a peaceful life, be a farmer. If you want to be rich, be an entrepreneur. Naning Suprawati is the eldest daughter in a family of farmers and while she never argued with her father, she had […]
Community-based NTFP Enterprises (CBNE) Forum 1-5 June 2021 REGISTER HERE Community-based Non-Timber Forest Product Enterprises (CBNEs) will take the spotlight for the inaugural Forest Harvest CBNE Forum taking place this 1-5 June to highlight their untapped potential in contributing to community well-being and forest conservation, The five-day online forum is co-organized by the Non-Timber […]
AFA’s Closing Message Celebrating the Achievements of AFOSP-MTCP2 Delivered by AFA Secretary-General Esther Penunia A pleasant day to all of you , dear friends, colleagues from country FO platforms and dear partners , who have come here today for the wrap up activity of the project: ASEAN Farmers Organizations’ Support Program or AFOSP-MTCP2. AFA has […]
As the AFOSP-MTCP2 implementation comes to an end, we hold a virtual completion celebration to showcase the project’s achievements and lessons learned from the five years of implementation. Watch the celebration of the achievements of AFOSP-MTCP2.
These are the 11 recommendations formulated by the participants of the Regional Expert Consultation Meeting on “Strategies to Mitigate Emerging Challenges of Dairy Cooperatives for Strengthening Livelihood and Food Security in South Asia” held on 12-13 April 2021. Formulation, enactment, and enforcement of dairy cooperative law to empower farmers in the decision-making process. Good governance […]
The SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) in technical partnership with Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) conducted a virtual regional expert consultation meeting on “Strategies to mitigate emerging challenges of dairy cooperatives for strengthening livelihood and food security in South Asia”. Seventeen representatives of SAARC Member States including technical experts from SAC as well […]
Genesis: Regional expert Consultation Meeting on “Family farmers cooperatives to end hunger and poverty through integrated framing in South Asia held on 22 -24th July 2019 at NDDB, Anand, India Background Dairying is a centuries-old tradition for millions of South Asian households by virtue of rearing milk-producing animals, primarily, cows and buffaloes since time immemorial. […]
NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT BEHIND, is the common message shared across the discussions during the APFSD Side Event titled “Multi-stakeholder Partnerships: Antidote to COVID-19 and Booster to SDG Action” held on 22 March 2021 via Zoom. Regional organizations from CSOs, governments, UN agency, and other stakeholders gathered to showcase initiatives on COVID-19 recovery and […]
