Addressed to, and led by members, the ILC Leadership Programme has gathered 38 women and 29 men from 33 ILC members of Africa, Asia and Latin America Think of the area where you live. Think of the community to which you belong. Think of the relationship between your territory and your community. No matter how big […]
Young agrarian activists and community organizers in Asia attended a 10-day leadership training course in Quezon City and Sta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines on 10-20 March 2019. The training aimed to strengthen the capacities of successor generation/second line leaders of ILC Asia member NGOs/FO Secretariats and their partner grassroots organizations to further empower their respective […]
Farmers organizations (FOs) under the AFOSP-MTCP2 program participated in the 8th ASEAN Cooperative Business Forum held at the Prince Palace Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on 26-27 February 2019. Representatives from ACEDAC as well as development partners also attended the forum. During the forum the participants exchanged and shared experiences in cooperative promotion and the success […]
AFOSP-MTCP2 farmer organizations participate in the Workshop on Developing Action Plan for Enhancing the Role of Agricultural Cooperative in the Global Value Chain on 28 February 2019 at the Prince Palace Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. This workshop is co-organized by the consortium Asian Farmers’ Association and La Via Campesina together with the ASEAN Foundation, with […]
Although Sri Lanka is famous all over the world for its Ceylon tea, the first plantation crop under the British rule in Ceylon (the colonial name of Sri Lanka) was coffee. In the early years of British rule in the country, coffee was a very minor crop propagated by peasants. However, the coffee plantations were […]
The Group brought together experts from ASEAN and beyond to provide critical input to key regional guiding documents The Mekong Expert Group on Agroforestry for Food and Nutrition Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Land Restoration was formed in early 2018 with support from the Swedish Agriculture Network Initiative (SIANI) to help address major land-use challenges in the ten […]
Welimada is a hilly area in the district of Badulla, Uva province, Sri Lanka. Growing upcountry tea and crops is the main livelihood of the 85% of the population in village. The people mainly cultivate potatoes, beans, cabbages, carrots, leeks, and beetroots. Potatoes are the most suitable crop in the area because of the climate. […]
Over 70 participants representing various cooperatives in the Philippines as well as partner organizations participated in the Organic Rice and Fertilizer Value Chain Forum 2018 at Max’s Restaurant, Scout Tuazon, Quezon City, Philippines on 28-29 November 2018. The forum presented key discussions on the commercialization of organic rice and organic fertilizers, scaling up production and marketing […]
