AFA and PAKISAMA attended the Asian People’s Land Rights Tribunal (16-17 January 2014, University of the Philippines College of Law, Quezon City, Philippines), which tackled the land grab phenomenon that is infecting the rural Southeast Asian landscape. In 2009, 20,000 hectares were forcibly taken from Cambodia farmers to grow sugar for export. 17,000 hectares of […]
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23 November 2013, Bangkok, Thailand — Coming on the heels of the successful implementation of its pilot implementation, the second phase of the “Medium Term Cooperation Programme with Farmer Organizations in Asia and the Pacific” or MTCP2, a capacity building program funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), kicked off today in an […]
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia speaking at the panel session on “Policies and Enabling Environment for Sustainable Development of Family Farming” during the event “Regional Dialogue on Family Farming: Sustainable Rural Development and Food Security organized by FAO on 21-22 November 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand.
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia speaking at the panel session on “Policies and Enabling Environment for Sustainable Development of Family Farming” during the event “Regional Dialogue on Family Farming: Sustainable Rural Development and Food Security organized by FAO on 21-22 November 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand.
(We support family farming! Representatives of AFA and other FOs participating in the MTCP2 launch and startup workshop are in Bangkok for the IYFF conference organized by FAO.) PRESS RELEASE IYFF-2014: A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE FAMILY FARMING Thousands of farmers throughout the world vindicate the role of Family Farming, through simultaneous activities on the occasion of […]
As the world commemorates World Food Day, small scale farmers around the world continue their centuries old tradition of developing and sharing seeds. In Indonesia, farmers belong to Aliansi Petani Indonesia plant and observe rice seeds they received from Japanese farmers belonging to Ainoukai. Both are members of the Asian Farmers Association (AFA). These seed […]
