MANILA, Philippines – A Dumagat woman in Barangay Daraitan in Tanay, Rizal, was speaking before a group of visitors. Her blonde hair was neatly tied up. Her lips, red with lipstick. She said she didn’t look like a katutubo (tribe member). But she is, in her heart, through and through. Her name is Nila Grace […]
The MTCP2 Supervision and Implementation Support (SIS) mission team visited Vietnam Farmers Union and its partner FOs in July 2019 to get updates on their activities conducted with support from MTCP2 Programme. Private enterprises such as Han Vinh Coffee supports farmers. Around 110 out of 1,200 coffee suppliers are supported by AFOSP-MTCP2. Aside from purchasing […]
Bahadur Singh Kandari and his family live in Deghat village in Almora District at an altitude of 1,200 meters. He used to take up private job assignments but due to lack of employment opportunities, he got intensively involved in agriculture in 2005. He has been involved in agriculture for a decade now. He leased a […]
LAOS – Mueng Lao Food Company, a local business based in Vientiane capital, Laos, has been studying fresh vegetable market for over a year and found out that massive fresh produce is being imported from Thailand to feed the people of Vientiane. More than seven (7) tons of spring onions alone is being imported on a […]
Our members under the Youth and Land Initiative share with us why access to land for rural youths needs to be secured in order to alleviate poverty and unemployment. By giving meaningful participation to rural youths in decision-making roles, change can happen at the local and national level. Video by ILCÂ
Expected growth in the agricultural sector has highlighted the need for cooperatives to step into the gap when the government and banks fail to supply credit. Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) Cooperative Development Program Director Cresente C. Paez noted that some savings and credit cooperatives are starting to expand their services to farmers. Mr. Paez said […]
AFA members PAKISAMA, LFN, UWUA, NAMAC, and AFFM with AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia Banzuela and AFA staff Lorraine Ablan attend the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2019 held on 17-21 June 2019 in Incheon, South Korea. Watch the APFW lightning session:
KATHMANDU, NEPAL – What is a gender sensitive value chain? This was the main question posed for the participants of the Regional Consultation Workshop on Understanding and Promoting Gender Sensitive Value Chain in South Asia at the start of the three-day meeting held at Hotel Marshyangdi, Kathmandu, Nepal on 12-14 June 2019. Women and youth […]
