Phnom Penh, April 10- During the second general assembly of AFA, the Executive Committee of AFA also elected a new set of officers: Chairperson – KAFF (Mr. Kim, Gi Cheol), Vice Chairperson – SorKorPor (Ms. Sudaporn Sittisathapornkul), Treasurer – PAKISAMA (Mr. Vicente Fabe). The officers will serve for two years and may be re-elected for […]
Phnom Penh, April 11 – AFA members passed two declarations on WTO and the ASEAN Charter during a forum on “Asian Farmers’ Perspectives in Engaging Inter-Governmental Bodies†held at Juliana Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, last April 11.
Zekoku Ainoukai, a farmer organization in Japan devoted to organic farming and an AFA member, started this year’s preparation course for future farmers last April 8. The course is for Japanese citizens who are interested in farming, most of whom are from the city and are still working in companies.
Mr. Long Dimanche, Secretary of Farmer Nature Net (FNN), a farmer-organization in Cambodia practicing sustainable agriculture and an AFA member, will present AFA’s alternative marketing experiences in a regional conference in Bali, Indonesia on May 9-12, 2006.
ASHOK B SHARMA | www.financialexpress.com The WTO dispute settlement body’s (DSB) final verdict on Europe’s de facto moratorium on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and food comes at a time when India is busy finalising its labeling norms on GMOs. The nature of the verdict suggests that it has more of political implications, rather than scientific, […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), an association of around nine (9) million farmers from ten (10) Asian countries, held its first major event for the year last April 6-12, 2006 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with the theme “Directions, Actions, Milestones: 2006-2010â€. Event activities included a strategic planning workshop, a field visit […]
AsiaDHRRA and AFA are members of SAPA (Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacy), a network of non-government organizations currently engaging the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the formulation of an ASEAN Charter. The following article was presented during the meeting of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) last April 17 in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. AsiaDHRRA […]
GC Kim representing the Korean Advanced Farmers Association (KAFF) was elected as the new AFA Chairperson during the recently concluded 2nd AFA General Assembly held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia last April 11, 2006.
