In 1994, a community in Kyawhgulay village, Danu Self Administered Zone, Ywangan Township, Shan State, Myanmar established a village conservation forest (CF). The applied for registration in 2003-2004 and was granted a certificate for 130 acres of land in 2005. They applied for certification for the second time and was granted a total of 1300 […]
In achieving the objectives of the campaign, two sets of campaign materials are produced covering six themes on resilient family farming: 1) Economics and Food Systems; 2) Biodiversity, Environment, and Culture; 3) Gender and Youth; 4) Health and Nutrition; 5) Sanitation and Safety, and 6) Policies, Services, and Organization. Read more REGISTER HERE: https://up-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsdumprTsiE90J7ZtoZ8EGA96SD9z254ye
SEWA Madhya Pradesh organized 17,000 small marginal women farmers who are growing cotton in 3 blocks of Khandwa district. SEWA took the initiative to train women to grow BT cotton with less investment and earn more for their sustainable livelihood. Photos by SEWA Madhya Pradesh
Fifteen years ago, Sibuguey Bay in southwestern Mindanao, Philippines, was in an alarming state. Fish and other marine resources were nearly depleted due to illegal, unregulated fishing and mangrove deforestation. But the situation began to turn around in 2005, when the Coalition of Municipal Fisherfolk Associations (COMFAS) began to rehabilitate and establish fish and marine sanctuaries covering 9,000 hectares of mangrove forests. COMFAS members include hundreds of […]
SEWA MP is running the Digital Sakhi project, with the support of L&T Financial Services, in Dhar And Badwani districts of Madhya Pradesh. Over the period of one year, the Digital Sakhi program enhanced the skills of 1,000 women entrepreneurs working in dairy, goat farming, poultry, agriculture, and tailoring business. The project also provided additional […]
14 July 2020. “To build back better, we call on governments and development partners to recognize family farmers through their organizations and cooperatives as solution providers, as frontliners and as dynamic and active partners for the work to implement the UN Decade of family farming to accelerate the achievement of SDG 1 and SDG2. We […]
In his presentation, Jumer Marcaida, a young farmer leader from PAKISAMA, shared about how COVID-19 affected their farming activities. Among the impact are: Limitations in mobility in doing farm work. When the Philippines imposed a lockdown, modes of public transportation was suspended as well. The youth (21 years old and below) are also prohibited to […]
The Food Hero campaign of the Asia-Pacific Farmers’ Program was launched by NAMAC during the opening of “International Training on Upscaling Shearing for Sheep Wool Quality Improvement” on 29 June 2020 in Dundgobi province, Mongolia. The event was organized by the EU-funded SECIM-II project implemented by UNIDO. The Food Hero campaign is an initiative of the Asia-Pacific Farmers’ […]
