Coconut farmers, farmer organizations, government representatives, cooperatives, and entrepreneurs from Indonesia gathered in Indonesia on 24-25 October 2018 for the two-day learning exchange on coconut value chain. For this ASEAN Exchange Visit themed “Strengthening the Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in the Coconut Value Chain Management and Job Creations in Rural Areas”, the delegates visited Purworejo […]
Coconut farmers, farmer organizations, government representatives, cooperatives, and entrepreneurs from Indonesia gathered in Indonesia on 24-25 October 2018 for the two-day learning exchange on coconut value chain. For this ASEAN Exchange Visit themed “Strengthening the Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in the Coconut Value Chain Management and Job Creations in Rural Areas”, the delegates visited Purworejo […]
YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA – On October 20, 2018, 84 farmer leaders from 21 countries, representing 38 million small scale farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, herders and pastoralists, met with the 37 staff of the IFAD Asia and Pacific Region Division in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for the first Asia Pacific Region Farmers Forum (FAFO). The Forum was held in conjunction with […]
The youth are the future of agriculture. However, in the past years, the Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) saw low participation of youth in agribusiness, which is attributed to the limited access to resources such as land, start-up capital, business mentors, and increasing number of youth moving from rural to urban areas and […]
Hle Gu, Myanmar – Saw Htoo Baw is a young farmer from Tha Bite Kone village, Hle Gu Township in Myanmar. In 2015, the Agricultural Farmer Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) visited his area and met with him. Saw Htoo Baw expressed his concern about the increasing use of synthetic and chemical inputs amongst farmers in this […]
Yen Bai, Vietnam – Dao Thinh commune is in the lowland of Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province, Vietnam. Previously, farmers in the area grew cassava and sticky rice in the forest. In 1992, the farmers in Dao Thinh started to grow cinnamon trees, which takes 7-10 years before harvesting. People eventually realized the other […]
Vientiane Province, Laos – As rice is the main crop in Laos, Lao farmers have a long history of growing rice using different techniques. In the lowland areas where farmers plant on paddy fields, the common technique is rice transplanting. Meanwhile, in the upland areas, farmers grow rice on the hills through direct-seeding, but since […]
Vientiane capital, Laos — Based on a study conducted by the Lao Farmer Network (LFN) on youth in agriculture, young farmers will continue tending to their family farms if they can make sufficient income from these. As a response, LFN has piloted initiatives to support the youth so they can make a better income from […]
