www.cnn.com | world business GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) — Global free trade talks collapsed on Monday after nearly five years of on-off haggling and resuming them could take years, officials and diplomats said. The suspension of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Doha round, which was expected to be announced formally by WTO chief Pascal Lamy later […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), an alliance of millions of farmers from ten Asian countries, will hold a Seminar-Workshop on “Developing AFA’s Concept on Pro-Small Farmer Marketing and Tradingâ€, to be hosted by Ainokai, this coming July 3-10, in Aichi and Mie, Japan. This seminar will hopefully result in the development […]
Taiping, June 23, 2006 – Nine million small farmers and producers from ten countries in Asia call on governments of developing agricultural countries to ensure that “pro-small farmer” rules will be agreed in the current WTO negotiations in Geneva as well as in bilateral agreements currently forged by their governments with the United States. The […]
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia met farmers organizations in Kenya and Sierra Leone, Africa, during a profiling activity , sponsored by Agriterra, held May 14-28 . Together with Marly Boonman, Agriterra’s Liaison officer, two farmers’ organizations were profiled – the Eastern Womens Cooperative Movement or Muloma and the National Association of Farmers in Sierra Leone […]
May 30, 2006 Last week, two calamities struck the villages in two Southeast Asian countries. In Thailand, a great flood occured in the northern part, affecting many farmers, some of whom are members of Sor Kor Por, an AFA member. In Yogyakarta, Indonesia, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck, killing 6,200 people, injuring and displacing a […]
Quezon City, Philippines – The new set of AFA Executive Committee officers held an orientation session last May 11-13, 2006 at the AsiaDHRRA/AFA secretariat office at Loyola Heights, Quezon City The meeting was also a team building activity as the officers and staff spent a day shooting the rapids in Pagsanjan falls, a favorite tourist […]
On May 2, Mr. Samir Topno from India arrived at Ainou to have training on organic farming. He has been working on rural development in India under the Allahabad Agricultural University as an assistant professor since 2000. Currently, since January 2006, he has been working as a manager in Training Program in Organic Farming for […]
May 20-23, 2006: Aliansi Petani Indonesia (API) in cooperation with Agriculture, Forestry, and Marine Agency of the Government of Jembrana Regency (Bali Province) are developing organic medicinal herbs such as ginger, kunyit dan Nilam (Pagotemi spp) on the conservation forest land, block I and II of 50 hectares in Sombang (Bali). February 1-3, 2006: Aliansi […]
