Citing AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia’s article “Women and Food Security,” Juhie Bhatia writes at Global Voices about women as an often-overlooked solution to fighting hunger. She points to the gender gap in agriculture, where women  make up almost half of the world’s agricultural labor force and produce one half of the world’s food, but  get little or […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Development (AFA) held a sharing and learning session and 25th Executive Committee meeting in Kampong Cham, Cambodia last April 5-7, 2011. The back-to-back activities were hosted by Farmer and Nature Net (FNN), an AFA member in Cambodia. It was attended by nine farmer organizations from seven countries such as TWADA […]
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia will make a 10-minute intervention during a multi-stakeholder conference on “Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Nutrition Security” on March 15 in Bali, Indonesia. The intervention will focus on “The past, present and future contributions of farmers in conserving, improving and making available nutritious food […]
Marketing of organic products where farmers get a bigger share of the value chain. Clean and renewable energy systems that are appropriate for rural communities. These are just some of the concerns of small scale women and men farmers in Asia. The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) arranged a study tour for […]
The United Nations Development Program conducted a national consultation on the “Plant Rights Assessment (PRA) Package” last February 9-10 in Makati City, Philippines. AFA was represented by Mr. Vicente Fabe, its Treasurer and PAKISAMA, AFA member in the Philippines, was represented by Mr. Rene Cerilla, its Advocacy Leader. The PRA package is aimed to assist […]
In celebration of the 100th year of International Women’s Day and in recognition of the struggle of all women — especially small scale women farmers — for equality, we would like to re-post some of AFA’s recent papers, news articles, photos, and video related to women and gender issues. Women Farmers and Food Security (Article) […]
Government and non-government bodies have in recent years taken interest in human rights as a policy approach to economic issues and one practical tool developed by CSOs was the Kuala Lumpur Guidelines, launched on Human Rights Day 2010, which aims to position the centrality of human rights in economic policies related to agriculture.
New Delhi, India – The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) held a high level conference entitled “Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition and Health,” last February 10-12, 2011 at Taj Palace, New Delhi, India. The conference was attended by more than a thousand participants. AFA was represented by its Secretary General, Esther Penunia. This conference brought […]
