AFA, as member of the Civil Society Mechanism-Southeast Asia Working group (CSM-SEA WG), co-organized the Southeast Asia CSM Sub-regional Consultation: Development of Principles for Agricultural Investment, Voluntary Guidelines on Land, and other Priority Issues of CFS last May 23-25, 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The consultation is one of the first of the regional CFS […]
In order to provide a venue for sharing, learning and planning common actions on how best to enhance smallholder farmers’ market power, the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) organized the “Regional Learning Session on Sustainable and Inclusive Marketing Arrangements towards increasing Farmers’ Market Power” on May 9-11, 2013 at The Sulo Riviera Hotel in Dilliman, Quezon City, Philippines. The […]
In order to adapt effectively and help mitigate climate change, farmers need climate information and services. The WMO and WFO organized a seminar on climate services in Niigata Japan last April 14. AFA attended the meeting through its KM Officer in order to learn more about climate services and its relevance to farmers. During the […]
AFA gives international situationer Tagaytay City, Philippines, April 13, 2013 – Fourteen farmers, five of them women, all members of the National Council (NC) of PAKISAMA (National Confederation of Farmers Organizations), AFA member in the Philippines, together with its national secretariat and regional coordinators, started today a four day orientation workshop in Tagaytay City, aimed […]
(The following is a speech delivered by GAFSP CSO Asia alternate representative Raul Socrates Banzuela during a session on Global Agriculture Food Security Program held at Rm c1-100 World Bank Complex, Main Building, Washington DC last April 19. The session was one of the 60 sessions being held, mostly initiated by CSOs, on the occasion […]
Dhaka, Bangladesh – The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), a multi-lateral funding mechanism, approved funding for the government’s Integrated Agriculture and Food Security Project (IAPP) last June 2010 for an amount of $50M through its public sector window, aimed to increase agriculture production through technology generation, adoption and water management. The IAPP began […]
“When I was born, four out of five Koreans lived in rural areas, but very few of them actually owned the land they farmed. Most were very poor, and many experienced hunger. The war years, of course, were especially dire. The United Nations helped come to the rescue, not just militarily but with sacks of […]
(While this is a news about USA, AFA shares the hopes of its partner NGO , IATP, regarding the positive impact that the new US food aid policy can bring to the farmers in developing countries in Asia.) WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Obama administration’s fiscal year 2014 budget, released today, includes long-overdue changes to the […]
