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 […]
Kou Hongyan from Beijing, China is the leader of YINONGYUAN ecological agriculture cooperative. In 2005, Ms. Kou Hongyan of China went back to her village to start the egg layer breeding business. She established the YINONGYUAN cooperative in 2007 with local female farmers. Over the years, YINONGYUAN coop has developed a series of business including […]
The bitter bamboo management group of Namphaeng village in Laos has been running since 1997 for sustainable management of the bitter bamboo and to improve marketing of the bamboo shoots. The group has 93 people, 54 of which are women. Watch this video of Lao Farmer Network to know more about their management and marketing techniques.
Recognizing and Strengthening the Contributions of Women Farmers in Climate Resilient Agriculture-Based Livelihoods Around 100 women farmers from 18 countries in the Asia-Pacific region will gather in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India on October4-6 2017 for the Asia-Pacific Women Farmers’ Forum organized by Asian Farmers’ Association and La Via Campesina, and will be hosted by Self Employed […]
Woman Farmer: Mathiben Devkorbhai Sanghani Woman Farmer Group: MahakaliMithaUtapadakSahakariMandli (Mahakali salt farmer cooperative) National FO Affiliation/Membership: Self Employed Women’s Association Organisation Involved in the Case: Surendranagar Mahilaane Bal Vikas Mandal, Surendranagar Timeframe: 2016 Location/region: Little Run of Kutch Case/initiative: Initially, the salt farms business was not very profitable. The laborers didn’t have enough money to fund the production themselves and hence […]
Woman Farmer: Bouachanh Sivilay Woman Farmer Group: Organic Farmer Association of Paek district, Xiengkhouang province (OFA) National FO Affiliation/Membership: Lao Farmer Network Organisation Involved in the Case: Sustainable Agriculture and Environment Development Association (SAEDA) Timeframe: 1997 Location/region: Yone village, Paek district, Xiengkhouang province Case/initiative: Resiliency is made when farmers can have higher adaptation while lowering risks to climate changes. That is […]
This video presents the reflection of Exposure visit and Training of the Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs) representative to Self Employment Women Association (SEWA) in Ahamedabad, Gujrat, India. The visit was made with support of Forest and Farm Facility(FFF) Programme.
