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 […]
As the AFOSP-MTCP2 implementation comes to an end, we hold a virtual completion celebration to showcase the project’s achievements and lessons learned from the five years of implementation. Watch the celebration of the achievements of AFOSP-MTCP2.
Learn more about the opportunities presented by the UN Decade of Family Farming and other global processes to promote the welfare of farmers Watch and learn from 18 resource speakers On October 6-7, 2020, 180 women and men representatives of farmer organizations, civil society organizations, Indigenous Peoples, public and private stakeholders, and advocates from […]
Young people from different provinces in Laos gathered at VAREE books cafe on 18-20 August 2020 for the Young Farmers Leadership and Advocacy Training organized by the Lao Farmer Network with support from AFOSP and FFF. This activity aims to provide support for youth activities. The activities conducted during this training include: Day 1: Mr. […]
Phouttasone Phaengvilay (Noy) of Hoi Agriculture Cooperative in Xiengjhouang, Laos is a young farmer member of the Lao Farmer Network who is doing vegetable cultivation among other farming activities. In this video, we follow Noy as she goes about her day-to-day activities.
AFA member Lao Farmer Network (LFN) established a partnership with MTCP2-AFOSP in 2014, and since then, the farmers’ organization in Lao PDR has achieved a lot of accomplishments with the support of the program being implemented by the consortium AFA and La Via Campesina (LVC). The following are among these achievements: facilitating cross-learning between Lao […]
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit globally, farmers in Laos are among the most affected. Many farmers could not sell their cabbages due to a lack of buyers. The prices for cabbages also dropped, thus, some farmers in the country decided to shift to cassava growing. The advantages of growing cassava include: The price for cassava […]
With an immense spirit to develop the farming industry in ASEAN countries, farmers who are coming from 10 member states of ASEAN are driven together for the betterment of the farming industry in ASEAN. These farmers require as much support as possible from ASEAN and its partner, the EU. We are sharing these impact stories […]
