AFA participated in the conference entitled “New Paradigms and Public Policies in Global Agriculture and Food Systems” last June 13-15, a few days before the G20 Leaders Summit held on June 18-19 in Los Cabos, Mexico. Ika Krishnayanti, International Relations Officer of Aliansi Petani Indonesia or API, AFA member in Indonesia represented AFA to the […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Farmers need to have secure land tenure, control over their own seeds, support for agro-ecological approaches, access to markets for their products, and meaningful participation in governance processes at all levels, in order to effectively play their role in ensuring food and nutrition security and reduce poverty in the countryside. […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Dambar Praja is a 40-year woman organic farmer from Nepal. She grows maize, millet, beans, sunflower, and other crops on her 0.5 hectares of land in Darechok, Chitwan. Hiromitsu Iio is a 36-year old male organic farmer from Japan. He grows chrysanthemum, beans, potato, and onion in an 8-hectare land […]
AFA actively participated in the discussions and deliberations on the following statement together with other farmers organizations during the CSO side events at the UNCSD Rio+20. The Farmers Major Group was convened by La Via Campesina and the World Farmers’ Organization. OPENING STATEMENT Conference in Sustainable Development Rio+20 June 20, 2012 FARMERS MAJOR GROUP Mr. […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – AFA delegates to the Rio+20 joined the dialogue session on “Agricultural Transition” organized by the More and Better network last June 17 at the Rio Centro in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The dialogue session is one among of many civil society parallel events being held in conjunction with the Rio+20 […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) calls on world leaders attending the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil to commit to policies that support sustainable agro-ecology with small scale women and men farmers. AFA believes that such kind of agriculture will help realize the the future that small scale women […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Development (AFA) is participating in the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) being held here on June 16-22, 2012. It is the first time that AFA has visited Brazil and Latin AmRerica, where it has a partner regional farmers’ organization called COPROFAM (“International […]
The organic industry holds a huge potential for small women and men farmers in Asia. In order to understand the situation of the industry and see how farmers can benefit, AFA has been conducting industry consultations together with its member FOs in different Asian countries. Organic vegetable in Vietnam In Vietnam, the Vietnam Farmers Union (VNFU) […]
