Farmers and fishers are the hardest hit during this global crisis brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many countries decided to close their borders for the time being to contain the spread of the virus, and consequently, this affected the livelihood of farmers and fishers. Lockdowns and quarantines resulted in a lack of buyers, lack of […]
Representatives from Land Matrix partner organizations from Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, and Myanmar participated in the two-day “Land Matrix Training Workshop on Data Management” at the Partnership Center, Quezon City, Philippines on 16-17 October 2019 and on 4-5 November for partners in Indonesia. The objective of the workshop is to train the participants from different partner […]
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia attends the “Policy Forum on Development (PFD) – Asia Regional Meeting” held on 24-25 September 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Penunia, representing farmers organizations, provided comments to highlight family farmers as solution providers and actors for SDG implementation and that their work should be supported. The meeting is mainly centered upon […]
KATHMANDU, NEPAL – What is a gender sensitive value chain? This was the main question posed for the participants of the Regional Consultation Workshop on Understanding and Promoting Gender Sensitive Value Chain in South Asia at the start of the three-day meeting held at Hotel Marshyangdi, Kathmandu, Nepal on 12-14 June 2019. Women and youth […]
KATHMANDU, NEPAL – Women and youth in agriculture in South Asia were the center of the discussions during the consultation meeting themed “Youth and Women in Agriculture: For Economic Development and Key to Food Security in Future” held on 9-11 June 2019 at Park Village Resort in Kathmandu, Nepal. Women and youth farmers as well […]
DOWNLOAD ENGLISH VERSION: Is-GAFSP-reaching-small-scale-food-producers-in-Nepal_English DOWNLOAD NEPALI VERSION: Is-GAFSP-reaching-small-scale-food-producers-in-Nepal_Nepali Introduction: The GAFSP supported AFSP in Nepal Despite progress being made in recent decades to reduce poverty in Nepal, World Bank figures show that 25.2 percent of the population was still living below the national poverty line in 2010.1 The proportion of undernourished people decreased from 22.8 […]
SAARC Agri Cooperative Business Forum Communique by Asian Farmers’ Association communique saarc agri coops business forum
Representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture and Departments of Cooperatives of the Member States of SAARC, and representatives of farmers’ organizations from SAARC region gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal on 28-30 August 2018 for the First SAARC Agri Cooperative Business Forum themed “Organizing and Strengthening Family Farmers Cooperatives to attain SDGs 1 and 2 in South Asia”. […]
