Soaring food prices and growing hunger and malnutrition worldwide point to a food crisis caused by various factors such as rising demand from major economies, climate and weather-related events, high oil prices, and the rise of biofuels. In an article that appeared in the Washington Post entitled “The New Face Of Hunger” last March 12, […]
AFA elected a new set of Execom officers during its Third General Assembly last March 3, 2008 in Sangnok Resort, Cheonan, South Korea. The election of the new Executive Committee officers of AFA from among its regular member organizations was done in a collegial manner, as AFA has traditionally done in the past two General […]
AFA held a Consultation Workshop and 3rd General Assembly last February 28 to March 3, 2008 in Sangnok Resort, Cheonan, South Korea, hosted by the Korean Advanced Farmers’ Federation (KAFF), with the theme “China’s Development, Climate Change and Asian Farmers’ Realities: Old Problems, New Challenges for Farmers’ Organizations in Asia.” The Consultation-Workshop addressed two emerging […]
March 20, 2008 By Anne-Laure Constantin, TIP/IATP In 2008, the United Nations (UN) has chosen to hold its major trade and development conference in Africa. Ministers from all around the world will meet in Accra, the capital of Ghana, starting April 20. In addition to ministers, a crowd of 4,000 international civil servants, civil society […]
The following news item is posted at the website of Agriterra, www.agro-info.net, about the visit of AFA representatives to the Netherlands last February 2008. Agriterra frequently arranges visits of Dutchmen (and women) to farmers organisations in developing countries, to bring the knowledge and expertise from here to there. But it also happens the other way […]
The threat of a rice crisis has grabbed headlines recently as countries like the Philippines and Cambodia rush to meet domestic demand through importation, while rice-exporting countries like Vietnam & Thailand limit their exports to ensure their own domestic supply. All these developments are eliciting mixed reactions from farmers as it is perceived to be […]
In its regional consultation in Korea last March 2008, farmer leaders from different AFA member organizations agreed with the observation that poor countries are affected most by climate change, although they contribute the least to it. Small scale farmers in Asia are especially vulnerable, as climate change is expected to affect agricultural production, and consequently […]
Leaders of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) joined around 80 other farmer leaders from around the world for the second global meeting of the Farmers’ Forum that TOOK place on February 11-12, 2008 in conjunction with the thirty-first session of International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) Governing Council.
