by Kang, Min Su, AFA October 14, Davao City, Phlippines. Farmer leaders and staff from AFA members in Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Korea exchanged experiences on organic farming in an informal sharing session last October 14, in the Mindanao office of PAKISAMA, a national farmers’ confederation in the Philippines. Meeting the fifteen organic farmers from […]
by Kang, Min Su, AFA October 15, Davao City, Philippines – Forty participants from 15 countries mainly in East Asia gathered here in Davao City to share country experiences on promoting sustainable agriculture, and to explore cooperation on mainstreaming ecological friendly agriculture . The conference, with the theme, “East and Asian Conference-workshop on Sustainable Agriculture, […]
2008-09-23 13:30:00, Dr Gursharan Singh Kainth, Commodity Online Indian agriculture is facing a policy paradox. It has been primarily characterised as a means of subsistence, small investments, small return and a source of livelihood for the rural households. Till recent past element of commerce was limited to a few commercial crops such as jute, sugarcane, […]
New policy to transfer land-use rights a sign of deepening economic and social crisis Mon, 6 Oct 2008, chinaworker.info reporters During the holiday week, on 30 September, president Hu Jintao paid a symbolically loaded visit to a village in Anhui province, hailed as the spot where 30 years ago Deng Xiaoping’s decollectivisation policy took root. […]
By Tsai Shu Hui, AFA To help us understand better the marketing project in Asia and get comments and feedback on the initial concept, AFA called for a roundtable discussion last October 3, 2008. Twelve (12) participants attended from different organizations such as, AsiaDHRRA, PAKISAMA and AFA secretariat. The RTD was held at the AsiaDHRRA Office, in Quezon City, […]
Climate Change: Causes, Impacts and Possible Responses in Asian Agriculture AFA Issue Paper, Volume 1, Number 1, October 2008 DOWNLOAD: Climate Change: Causes, Impacts and Possible Responses in Asian Agriculture
Contributed by Hazel V. Antonio, PhilRice What seemed to be a nightmare-causing insect for most of us could actually be the farmers’ comfort-causing pal? That’s the earwig, the insects in the order Dermaptera characterized by membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings. Some believe that earwigs transmit disease, and harm humans and animals because of […]
The Farmer Field School Approach – History, Global Assessment and Success Stories Arnoud Braun and Deborah Duveskog October 2008 Background Paper for the IFAD Rural Poverty Click here to download
