This article was originally published by PhilStar Global MANILA, Philippines — Pangasinan 4th District Rep. Christopher De Venecia has again filed a bill seeking a Magna Carta for the youth to promote and protect the rights of young farmers. The National Economic Development Authority has endorsed the proposed measure for immediate passage into law. “I […]
AFA Coordinator for Young Farmers’ Agenda and UNDFF Lanz Espacio talked about family farming in the Philippines and the Asian Farmers’ Association’s work within UN Decade of Family Farming at Radyo Katipunan 87.9. Watch the video below.
YANGON, MYANMAR – One hundred eight (108) farmers organizations representatives from Yangon, Bago, Sagaing, Magway, Chin, Shan, Kachin, Kayin regions/states along with members of the Parliaments, officials from the Agriculture Department, NGOs, and MFVP as well as affiliate members of CTUM, the IWFM, BWFM, MTF, FWFM attended the Farmers’ Forum held at No. 1 Corner […]
Family farmers’ organizations (FOs) in the Philippines celebrate the first year of the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) during the Knowledge Learning Market and Policy Engagement 2019 held in 13-14 November 2019 at Ang Bahay ng Alumni, UP, Quezon City, Philippines. With the theme “Celebrating the International Decade of Family Farming: Strengtheing the Role […]
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 […]
Bangkok, Thailand – The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), jointly conducted a training workshop on the legal and policy aspects of contract farming on 28-30 October 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. The […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) participated in the Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019 held at the Asian Development Bank Headquarters in Mandaluyong City, Philippines on 28-30 October 2019. During the farmers roundtable discussion, smallholder farmers from the Philippines, Nepal, and Indonesia and agriculture companies and development partners shared about […]
Around 170 participants including members of various cooperatives and cooperative consortiums and federations in the Philippines, representatives from concerned government agencies, and development partners convened at the Century Park Hotel in Manila, Philippines for the first ever National Agricultural Cooperatives Knowledge & Learning, Innovation and Trade Expo (AgriCoops – KITE) on 22-25 October 2019. This […]
