YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA – On October 20, 2018, 84 farmer leaders from 21 countries, representing 38 million small scale farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, herders and pastoralists, met with the 37 staff of the IFAD Asia and Pacific Region Division in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for the first Asia Pacific Region Farmers Forum (FAFO). The Forum was held in conjunction with […]
Tomato is a food that is enjoyed worldwide. In Sri Lanka, tomato is eaten as it is or used as an ingredient for salad, processed as a juice drink, jam, and tomato sauce, and mixed in almost all types of curries. In the village of Dodamkumbura, tomato is one of the crops that the farmers […]
The Akphivat Srok Yoeung Cooperative was established through a consolidation of four self-help saving groups from four villages in Prey Chhor district, Kampong Cham province, Cambodia with technical support from a project of a local NGO called CEDAC since 2008. When the project was phased out, the self-help groups continue to grow organically and were […]
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Representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture and Departments of Cooperatives of the Member States of SAARC, and representatives of farmers’ organizations from SAARC region gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal on 28-30 August 2018 for the First SAARC Agri Cooperative Business Forum themed “Organizing and Strengthening Family Farmers Cooperatives to attain SDGs 1 and 2 in South Asia”. […]
The Myanmar Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association (MFVP) invited the Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar (CTUM) and the Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) to the 2nd Myanmar Avocado Festival held in Hoppong Topwnship, Shan State, Myanmar on 5-7 January 218. Members of AFFM and CTUM who are avocado growers […]
Fifty participants, nine of whom are women, from various farmer Organizations (FOs) in Cambodia under the MTCP2 Program participated in the Rice Cooperative Forum: Coop-to-Coop Integration Model for Linking Farmers and Consumers in the Supply and Distribution Chain of Rice held at Phnom Penh Hotel on 24 March 2018. The forum was attended by representatives from Cambodia Rice Federation, Rural […]
The Farmer and Nature Net (FNN) team organized a visit to Aphiwat Kaksekor Agricultural Cooperative located in Cheung Prey district, Kampong Cham province on 23 March 2018 with Marek Poznanski of CSA and Asian Farmers’ Association representatives Cris Paez and Jojo Ebron. The Medium Term Cooperation Program Phase 2 (MTCP2), a five-year capacity building program […]
