In Laos, farmer field schools serve as a valuable platform for learning among farmers, exchange of farming knowledge, and introduction of innovative farming techniques. These schools have enriched farmers’ knowledge and skills and instilled confidence in their ability to embrace new farming practices to enhance their farming systems. This video was produced by the Lao […]
Land conflict issues in the Philippines, especially the problem of overlapping claims on land tenure, have greatly affected smallholder farmers, indigenous peoples, and local communities. The country’s complex history of land ownership, coupled with the rush for land, rapid urbanization and economic development, has led to numerous disputes over land rights. One of the major […]
Battambang Province, Cambodia — Along the banks of the Sankae River in Prek Loung Commune, fishing is a source of livelihood more many people. For Mak Srey, a member of the Sdey Krom Rohal Soung Fishing Community in Battambang’s Eh Phnom district, the abundance of fish every November and December brings hope, but also hardship. “During those months, there […]
In Cambodia, the National Family Farmers Forum and Partners Consultation on Food System Transition and Climate Resiliency was conducted on 31 August 2023 at Sunway Hotel in Phnom Penh. The meeting was attended by 18 representatives from farmers’ organizations (4 youth) and CSOs and one representative from CARD (government institution).
AFA member Aliansi Petani Indonesia (API) (Indonesia), Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) (India) and partners COAST Foundation (Bangladesh), Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Samahan sa Kanayunan (PKSK) (Philippines), Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN) (Nepal), and Kastom Garden Association (Solomon Islands) embarked on a community radio project initiated by the FAO and AMARC Asia-Pacific through […]
Pursat, Cambodia – In Veal Veng district, Pursat province, Cambodia, Nop Kolap once struggled to make ends meet. Her family of five depended on irregular farm labor. She used to be employed to harvest potatoes and maize for KHR 20,000 (USD 5) a day. Her husband’s job as a pepper harvester brought in about KHR 600,000 (USD 150) […]
With funding support from the APFP–FO4A program and technical assistance from the Institute for Motivating Self Employment (IMSE), tassar farmers in Digalpahari, Jharkhand, India, have enhanced their silk production and strengthened their entrepreneurship capacities in the tassar trade. View more photos
Introduction We, the members and partners of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), representing the small-scale coffee producing communities across 7 Asian nations – Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Philippines and Vietnam – have convened last 22 August 2023 to deliberate on the potential ramifications of the European Union Deforestation Regulation […]
