TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (May06/07) | http://www.twnside.org.sg WTO negotiations in agriculture have reached a near-crisis over the issues of Special Products (SP) and Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM), with developing countries that have championed these concepts being in a state of fury at what they see as attempts by the United States […]
Phnom Penh, April 8– In a two-day strategic planning workshop April 7-8, 2006, AFA agreed on its strategic directions for 2006 to 2010, identified key performance indicators and milestones, and developed strategies for their implementation.
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 […]
