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.
Asian Farmers Association (AFA) General Assembly April 10, 2006 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia Consuelo Katrina A. Lopa, Officer-in-Charge, South East Asian Committee for Advocacy On behalf of the members and officers of the South East Asian Committee for Advocacy (SEACA), I would like to express our solidarity to all the members of the Asian Farmers’ […]
These two news articles represent differing viewpoints in regards to organics and are a part of OCA’s new “Point/Counterpoint” series, providing readers with an opportunity to view arguments from both proponents and opponents of the organic industry. Point: Organic and GE Crops can Coexist NORTH AMERICA – COEXISTENCE REPORT Co-existence in North American agriculture: can […]
By Ramon Jorge Sarabosing | www.inq7.net RICE farmers in Prosperidad town, Agusan del Sur see a better future ahead. For much too long, they fell prey to the seemingly never-ending cycle of debt-scheme arrangement from usurers and trader-financiers every planting season. With high interest rates, they end up with nothing during harvest time as deductions […]
Roberto Ugas | LEISA Magazine Isidora starts her working day walking along a dusty trail that leads to the lettuce field. Her task is to handweed from eight o’clock in the morning till noon together with Maria and a group of some five to six people, mostly women. The lettuce field is part of the […]
The Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), an
alliance of millions of farmers from ten Asian countries, will hold its
Strategic Planning and Second General Assembly, this coming February 25-
March 3, 2006, in Manila , Philippines. The event will be hosted by
PAKISAMA, an AFA member, in partnership with PhilDHRRA, an AsiaDHRRA member.
Today, March 8, International Womens’ Day, we celebrate women’s power to make our world a better place to live in – as daughters, sisters, mothers, wives, friends, workers , activists and as ourselves – individuals. Our world is full of stories and living examples of women making a difference whatever, wherever they are – at […]
