AFA members and secretariat staff are in Europe together with the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Agricultural Cooperatives (ASWGAC) for a learning visit to France and Begium to learn from different agricultural cooperative models. The learning visit is co-organized by AFA partners CSA and AsiaDHRRA. Through the ASEAN Foundation, AFOSP-MTCP2 […]
Yangon, Myanmar – The Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) in partnership with its mother trade union Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM) and its regional farmer organization Asian Farmers Association (AFA), organized a two day national farmers forum last July 23-24, 2016 in Yangon, Myanmar. The forum brought together 150 participants from farmer […]
(AFA signed on to the call by AITP for the establishment of food reserves that is mentioned in the press release. -Admin) Press Release September 23, 2010 Contact: Ben Lilliston, (612) 870-3416, ben@iatp.org Special UN Food and Agriculture meeting should put food reserves on the table Reserves could help stabilize increasingly volatile agriculture markets Minneapolis/Geneva […]
This article was originally published by the ASEAN Secretariat ASEAN Secretariat, 23 November 2009. Civil society organisations (CSOs), think tanks, universities and other national and regional stakeholders around the ASEAN region came together today to brainstorm on possible methods of engagement between these stakeholders and the ASEAN Governments. Held in Jakarta, over three days, the […]
Farmers’ Regional Trade Agenda: Farmers’ Collective Voice on Trade in the ASEAN Region AFA Issue Paper, Volume 2 Number 3, October 2009 DOWNLOAD: Farmers’ Regional Trade Agenda: Farmers’ Collective Voice on Trade in the ASEAN Region The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been trying hard to go into free trade agreements (FTAs) with […]
The Global Financial Crisis: What it is and How it Affects Small-Scale Men and Women Farmers in the ASEAN Region AFA Issue Paper, Volume 2 Number 1, August 2009 DOWNLOAD: The Global Financial Crisis: What it is and How it Affects Small-Scale Men and Women Farmers in the ASEAN Region This issue paper is about […]
By Tsai Shu Hui, AFA PAKISAMA, together with AFA, organized national consultation – dialogue on ASEAN economic and trade issues that will tackle and analyze the rice crisis from the perspective of the ASEAN region. Multi-sectoral representatives were present in the forum. This included people from the NGO community, farmer groups, and so on. The […]
