Almost 80% of the population in Laos PDR work in the agriculture sector, while approximately 50% of rural youths are also engaged in this sector (FAO). One of them is Phouttasone Phaengvilay (Noy), a twenty-four-year-old who has been involved in agribusiness since 2008. Agriculture is traditionally passed on from generation to generation, which is also […]
Fifty participants, nine of whom are women, from various farmer Organizations (FOs) in Cambodia under the MTCP2 Program participated in the Rice Cooperative Forum: Coop-to-Coop Integration Model for Linking Farmers and Consumers in the Supply and Distribution Chain of Rice held at Phnom Penh Hotel on 24 March 2018. The forum was attended by representatives from Cambodia Rice Federation, Rural […]
The Farmer and Nature Net (FNN) team organized a visit to Aphiwat Kaksekor Agricultural Cooperative located in Cheung Prey district, Kampong Cham province on 23 March 2018 with Marek Poznanski of CSA and Asian Farmers’ Association representatives Cris Paez and Jojo Ebron. The Medium Term Cooperation Program Phase 2 (MTCP2), a five-year capacity building program […]
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 […]
MTCP2 Cambodia member farmer organization (FOs) joined the agri-product exhibition during the River Festival on 9-11 March 2018 in Takmao City, Kandal province in Cambodia. AFOSP-MTCP2 is a capacity building program funded by the European Union with co-financing from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. It is being […]
On June 8, 2017, the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VNFU) in association with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and IFAD Vietnam held a workshop on reviewing the Draft of a new Decree on organization and operation of cooperative groups as the replacement for the Decree No. 151/2007/N?-CP dated October 10, 2007. The workshop was coordinated […]
Coffee farmers from members of the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) in Southeast Asia namely AFFM, LFN, API, and FNN participate in the ASEAN Learning Series and Policy Engagement on Agricultural Cooperative (ALSPEAC): Inclusive Agricultural Value Chain for Coffee held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 19-21 July 2017. The forum provided a venue for farmers organizations involved […]
