Regional Consultation Meeting Promoting Healthy, Sustainable, and Inclusive Food Systems in Response to COVID-19 in South Asia 29-30 March 2022 | 10:30 – 14:30 GMT+6 (Bangladesh) REGISTER Background Globally, around 30% of the population suffer from multiple micronutrient deficiencies, around 10 million children die each year before they attain the age of 5 years and […]
I am Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen from Vietnam. I am really concerned about the current issue of food safety. I think I need to do something to make people be more responsible and I think organic agriculture is the key. Practicing organic farming takes a lot of effort, but the vegetables, tubers, and fruits I […]
I am Harly de Los Reyes, a young Filipino aspiring agriculturist. My family lives a life of poverty in a far mountainous village in the Philippines, but I am proud that I was able to finish an agriculture course through my parents’ hard work and sacrifices. I can say that farming is not a piece […]
My name is Nguyen Huu Lam, a farmer from An Dong commune, Quynh Phu, Thai Binh, Vietnam. Agriculture faces many difficulties including access to land and land accumulation. The State allocates agricultural land (issuing LURCs) to households with a small area (500-750 square meters per person), which is an obstacle to the process of production […]
I am Chetnath Koirala, an organic farmer from Gauradaha Municipality-4, Jhapa, Nepal. I have been engaged in organic farming for the past four years being affiliated with the Maharanijhoda Small Farmers Agriculture Cooperative Ltd. (SFACL). Currently, I am farming both organic seasonal and off-seasonal vegetables on my .33 hectare (10 Katha) farm. Maharanjhoda SFACL has […]
This article was originally published by IUCN Binh Minh Agroforestry Cooperative in Yen Bai Province in northern Viet Nam exemplifies how a cooperative can improve the lives of communities. A group of 18 farmers transformed itself from an informal group into the registered cooperative, with 60 hectares of Forest Stewardship Council certified plantation and a chain […]
I am Phan Van Thiep, 31 years old, and a member of the Farmer Union in Dong Vuong commune, Yen The district, Bac Giang province, Vietnam. Climate change has a great impact on the seasons, thereby affecting crop growth, yield, and productivity. It increases the risk of pests and diseases, affects reproduction and the growth […]
I am Bryan, 23-years old, from the Philippines. I am the eldest son of a farming family. My mother Maricel has been a widow for 14 years now. She tills two hectares of rice farm. In 2018, we joined the DICADI Agriculture Cooperative (DACO). For more than a year now, I have been a volunteer […]
