Adaptation Fund for Smallholder Agriculture: Enabling Developing Countries to Survive Climate Change AFA Issue Paper, Volume 3, Number 2, December 2011 DOWNLOAD: Adaptation Fund for Smallholder Agriculture: Enabling Developing Countries to Survive Climate Change Sumalee’s tears welled up as she watched the flood wash away the crops that she had been carefully tending only a […]
A forum-workshop entitled “Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation of Small Scale Farmers and Fishers in Southeast Asia” was held in Quezon City, Philippines, last Nov 24-25. The workshop was co-organized by Oxfam International’s East Asia office, Southeast Asia Fisheries for Justice (SEAFISH), a regional alliance of NGO and fisher groups, and Asian Farmers’ Association […]
[youtube width=”600″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoxeYwVn0qo&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]Entitled “Farmers’ Voices, Farmers’ Choices: In the Time of Climate Change, “this video features interviews with AFA women leaders and results of the regional consultation on climate change conducted by AFA. It shows the gender dimensions of food security in the time of climate change.
(written and translated into English by Pan Sopheap, FNN) Karnataka, India — Farmer and researcher representatives from 12 countries paid a 4-day field visits plus a one-day reflection workshop in Karnataka state, south of India, in order to expose ideas and experiences on food sovereignty. The event hosted by Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), in […]
Siem Reap, Cambodia — Farmer leaders from 12 Asian countries gather in this city, famous as the gateway to Angkor Wat, in order to discuss challenges facing small farmers and ways on how to address them. Hosted by Farmer and Nature Net (FNN), in cooperation with the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA), the “Regional Consultation on […]
by Pan Sopheap, FNN Chang Mai, Thailand — Mr. Mao That, FNN representative, attended the conference on land rights in Chang Mai last November 9-11, 2011. Participants to the conference shared their experiences from different countries on land rights issues and how they are responding to them. A conference statement was issued on the need […]
Smallholder Agriculture and Food Systems: Responding to the Challenge of Food Price Volatility AFA Issue Paper, Volume 3, Number 1, November 2011 DOWNLOAD: Smallholder Agriculture and Food Systems: Responding to the Challenge of Food Price Volatility In 2008, Ka Lita, a woman rice farmer in the Philippines, stood in a long line to buy rice […]
The following article was written by Mr. Jukichi Ishizawa, a 78-year old organic farmer from Fukushima, Japan. His place, Kouriyama City, is located 60 kilometers away from the Daichi nuclear plant that was damaged by the tsunami and is emitting nuclear radiation. He has been farming in Fukushima for the 61 years and is a […]
