In preparation for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Independent Dialogue Series in Asia-Pacific, a national independent dialogue convened by AFA members, AFA partners, and Asia-Pacific Farmers’ Program partner farmers’ organizations will be conducted virtually in the following countries: Country Host FO Date Time Bangladesh COAST Trust May 30 10:00 – 13:00 GMT/UTC+6 India Institute […]
These are the 11 recommendations formulated by the participants of the Regional Expert Consultation Meeting on “Strategies to Mitigate Emerging Challenges of Dairy Cooperatives for Strengthening Livelihood and Food Security in South Asia” held on 12-13 April 2021. Formulation, enactment, and enforcement of dairy cooperative law to empower farmers in the decision-making process. Good governance […]
The SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) in technical partnership with Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) conducted a virtual regional expert consultation meeting on “Strategies to mitigate emerging challenges of dairy cooperatives for strengthening livelihood and food security in South Asia”. Seventeen representatives of SAARC Member States including technical experts from SAC as well […]
Two women leaders from SEWA, AFA member in India, and AFA Secretary General were recognized by Food Tank for their contributions in empowering women in the food system. Click here to read the full article Harsharan Kaur, Chandigarh, India Harsharan Kaur is the state coordinator at Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Bharat, a federation of SEWA […]
This article has been written by Reemaben Nanavaty of the Self Employed Women’s Association (sewa.org) for the grassroots Hindi newsletter, Anusuya. Farmers have been protesting at the national capital for over a month now, a build-up from local protests that started back in August. On Kisan Diwas, protesting farmers met with water cannons and barricades […]
SEWA Madhya Pradesh organized 17,000 small marginal women farmers who are growing cotton in 3 blocks of Khandwa district. SEWA took the initiative to train women to grow BT cotton with less investment and earn more for their sustainable livelihood. Photos by SEWA Madhya Pradesh
SEWA MP is running the Digital Sakhi project, with the support of L&T Financial Services, in Dhar And Badwani districts of Madhya Pradesh. Over the period of one year, the Digital Sakhi program enhanced the skills of 1,000 women entrepreneurs working in dairy, goat farming, poultry, agriculture, and tailoring business. The project also provided additional […]
INHERE battles climate change challenges and comes up with local solutions The sole occupations of people in Uttarakhand State are farming and animal husbandry. Much of the land is hilly terrain which is totally dependent on rains hence in the past few years, climate change has had a deep and adverse effect on farming practices […]
