Farmer and Nature Net (FNN), the national implementing agency of the MTCP2 Program in Cambodia, hosted a field visit to the Aphiwat Srokyeung Agricultural Cooperative in Prey Chhor district, Kampong Cham province with Marek Poznanski of CSA and Cris Paez and Jojo Ebron of the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) to seek understanding about the operational […]
“The idea of setting up the Rural Distribution Network is to internally rotate the scarce funds of the rural producers in a way that fetches maximum benefit and brings about positive changes in their lives and to provide multi-user facilities, reduce incidental expenses, and build-up an integrated value chain in order to enhance the […]
Report from the Regional Conference on Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs)
A Participatory Lobby and Advocacy Training: FACT (Farmers Advocacy Consultation Tool) Plug-in Pilot Training was successfully held at the CBD Hotel in Naga City on 6-8 November 2017 with around 40 participants from various farmers and fishers’ organizations, cooperatives, CSOs, and local government in attendance. On the first day of the training, the participants were […]
When the Agriculture and Farmer Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) was established in 2011, there were no women members elected handle leadership roles in the organization. Throughout the years, there were still no women members elected in the AFFM Central Committee and in the Central Executive Committee. However, recognizing the importance and the need to involve […]
“If you are educating a man, you are educating an individual. If you are educating a woman, you are educating an entire family,” Maria Linibi says to end her presentation about the initiatives of the women group PNGWiADF. Maria says that in Papua New Guinea, they do not communicate much as they have many languages, […]
Akiko Aratani of Ainoukai narrated a story about their farming village in Menno, Ainoka, Japan. In their farm, located in the northernmost part of Japan, they raise 400 chickens and grow crops including rice, herbs, grapes, and wheat. Currently, there are about 80 households in their community who eat the produce in their farm. They […]
In Samagi Kandy District in Sri Lanka, a group of women owns a small plot of land called Kandyan Home Garden. Through MTCP2, the women were encouraged to organize themselves and asked to maximize the land and nature. MTCP2 programme helped them build confidence in leadership and gave them trainings to add values to their […]
