These are the 11 recommendations formulated by the participants of the Regional Expert Consultation Meeting on “Strategies to Mitigate Emerging Challenges of Dairy Cooperatives for Strengthening Livelihood and Food Security in South Asia” held on 12-13 April 2021. Formulation, enactment, and enforcement of dairy cooperative law to empower farmers in the decision-making process. Good governance […]
The SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) in technical partnership with Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) conducted a virtual regional expert consultation meeting on “Strategies to mitigate emerging challenges of dairy cooperatives for strengthening livelihood and food security in South Asia”. Seventeen representatives of SAARC Member States including technical experts from SAC as well […]
As the VOICE-funded Being and Becoming Indigenous (BBI) project comes to an end, let us take a look at this virtual tour of Daraitan, Tanay, Rizal through the eyes of our Dumagat-Remontado indigenous youth. Particularly, the video shows the challenges that the community faces, as their ancestral land is threatened with the construction of the […]
Genesis: Regional expert Consultation Meeting on “Family farmers cooperatives to end hunger and poverty through integrated framing in South Asia held on 22 -24th July 2019 at NDDB, Anand, India Background Dairying is a centuries-old tradition for millions of South Asian households by virtue of rearing milk-producing animals, primarily, cows and buffaloes since time immemorial. […]
After their CO-CD Training last January 21-22, 2021, 25 indigenous youth from Barangay Daraitan, Tanay, Rizal attended a writeshop activity last February 8-9, 2021. Organized by PAKISAMA, in partnership with AFA and RMI with the support of the YLA and VOICE, the writeshop aims to develop the skills of IP Youth in basic writing and […]
In order to help in the development of our indigenous youth as future IP leaders, there is a need to enhance their knowledge in community organizing as a method for empowering others. This enables them to push and advocate for the issues and needs of their community. Last January 21-22, 2021, PAKISAMA, in partnership with […]
Agrobiodiversity is a strategic asset to fight food and nutrition insecurity, climate change and poverty. There are over 5,000 food crops, but global food systems continue to be dominated by only a few (rice, maize and wheat). While neglected and underutilized species (NUS) are at the margins of research and development, they are dominant in […]
NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT BEHIND, is the common message shared across the discussions during the APFSD Side Event titled “Multi-stakeholder Partnerships: Antidote to COVID-19 and Booster to SDG Action” held on 22 March 2021 via Zoom. Regional organizations from CSOs, governments, UN agency, and other stakeholders gathered to showcase initiatives on COVID-19 recovery and […]
