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“Some people joined our group just long enough to learn how to make soap, and then they started producing and selling soap directly to our customers for a lower price without telling the rest of us! That really damaged our customers’ trust in us,” recalls Ms. Phonevilay, looking slightly frustrated about the recent events. So […]
Women farmers from South Asia as well as development partners gather in Bhubaneswar, India on 5-7 September 2018 for a regional expert consultation on “Women’s Empowerment for Agriculture Development in South Asia: enabling polices”. The event is jointly organized by the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), Action Aid […]
The Asian NGO Coalition – For Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) became the latest partner of AFA as part of its Land Matrix Initiative that tackles the issues of Large-Scale Land Acquisition (LSLA). This collaboration was done as an exchange of information for Land Matrix Asia and the ninth and tenth commitment based initiative […]
Representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture and Departments of Cooperatives of the Member States of SAARC, and representatives of farmers’ organizations from SAARC region gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal on 28-30 August 2018 for the First SAARC Agri Cooperative Business Forum themed “Organizing and Strengthening Family Farmers Cooperatives to attain SDGs 1 and 2 in South Asia”. […]
Farmers and farmer representatives from 11 states of India came to Gujarat for a 3-day National Farmers Forum on 5-7 July 2018. The National Farmers Forum is a partnership of Farmer Organizations across 15 States of India ceaselessly working towards the betterment of small and marginal farmers. Watch this video to see the highlights of […]
Swapan Bagdi is a 55-year-old farmer living in the remote village of Mahutar in Labpur Block in India. Swapan is an ideal farmer and his son, too, is equally enthusiastic about farming and helps his father in exploring and implementing various new ideas and strategies. Swapan takes care of his 5 bigha land as he […]
MTCP2, a programme implemented by the consortium Asian Farmers’ Association and La Via Campesina, was showcased in the Mekong Hub Knowledge and Learning Fair 2018 (MKLF) held at Centara Sandy Beach Resort in Da Nang, Vietnam on 3-6 July 2018. The MKLF, an activity hosted by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, featured Knowledge Learning […]
