Transforming Asia’s Food Systems Through Rights-based Solutions Capacity Building Workshop on UNDROP and Agroecology July 5-8, 2022 I Bangkok, Thailand OBJECTIVES: Formally forge the four-year-long partnership among 24 organizations that will advocate for UNDROP and agroecology in their respective countries. Create a regional alliance among the 24 CSO participants that will promote agroecology and peasants’ […]
Women and their needs are still largely unaccounted for, with policies unfavorable to them. Through the formation of women’s groups and associations, women’s issues and needs were made visible in various arenas – community, market, and policy processes. The experience of Surendranagar Mahila Bal Vikas Mandal showed that the needs of women workers and farmers such as […]
Representatives from AFA members NUWUA and KAFLU (Kyrgyzstan), NAMAC (Mongolia), NLRF (Nepal) and PAKISAMA (Philippines) are attending the International Land Coalition’s Global Land Forum held in Jordan. The AFA representatives will share experiences on securing rights to land and sustainable land management with, by and for family farmers as well as to explore partnerships on […]
Women-led cooperatives have played a role in improving women farmers’ technical know-how, leadership capacities, business skills, and advocacy skills. Women members of Yen Duong Cooperative in Vietnam were trained in agroforestry production, handicrafts making, and tourism and actively participated in advocacy and policy-making activities in their locality. They have successfully convinced local officials to invest […]
Umnugobi Province, Mongolia – The Lusyn Serchim Cooperative, a member of the National Association of Mongolian Agricultural Cooperatives (NAMAC), was established in 2013 with 109 members. The cooperative helps its members sell their livestock raw materials in order to increase their main income. Currently, the cooperative has 205 members. In October 2017, Amgalan Khungee, manager of the […]
I am Shiela Lyn A. Nollan, 32 years old, from Pamplona, Camarines Sur, Philippines. I know little about agriculture because we used to own a farm, which we had to mortgage when my father got severely sick. Growing up, I engaged in sports and it became an important aspect of my life. Sports became my […]
I am Pham Van Thuong, born in 1990 into a farming family in Huong Son commune, Lang Giang district, Bac Giang province, Vietnam. I am standing on the family farm as I write this letter. One month ago, the land was covered by the color of lily in a high-tech greenhouse. I apply indoor growing […]
I am Russell Zolas Deocariza, a young farmer-member of the Golden Parauma Agriculture Cooperative in the Philippines. At a young age, I was already engaged in farming even if my family does not own land. During my years of farming, I experienced hardships and hindrances, but I still dream of a better life in the […]
