Dave De Vera of Pafid provides an orientation on participatory mapping and resource inventory, the first activity for the National Land Observatory (NLO) Philippines, a joint project with the Asian Farmers’ Association. Source: PAKISAMA
In Bangladesh, there is a rampant use of hazardous pesticides in preserving sea fish. These chemical-coated fish are consumed by people all throughout the country and its byproducts are made into poultry feeds. Through MTCP2, four dry fish producer groups have been formed to produce dried fish without using pesticides. After going through theoretical and […]
The Global Fund for Agriculture (also referred to as the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program or GAFSP) was established in April 2010 after the 2007-2008 global food crisis. Aid to small-scale agriculture had been steadily decreasing for decades despite the fact that there are over 500 million small-scale food producers and that growth in […]
Mongolia, a vast country of 1.56 million square kilometers, is home to 15 times more livestock than people. It has over 2.7 million human population and 43 million livestock as of 2010. The transformation of Mongolia after the collapse of the Soviet Union from collective socialism to a market economy disrupted urban and rural livelihoods, […]
The inception workshop “Family Farming Problems from the Perspective of Natural Resources Management: Land – Water – Forest – Pastures” was conducted in Jannat Regency Hotel in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic on 21 December 2018 to support family farming in Kyrgyzstan. The workshop was devoted to the UN International Family Farming Decade: 2019-2028. As part of […]
KLMPE 2018 IYFF+4: Inclusive Agricultural and Rural Development: No One Left Behind Over 300 farmers, farmer leaders, women and youth farmers, and representatives from farmer and fisher organizations (FOs) from all corners of the Philippines, representatives from government offices, civil society organizations (CSOs), and development partners participated in the Knowledge Learning Market and Policy Engagement […]
Coconut farmers, farmer organizations, government representatives, cooperatives, and entrepreneurs from Indonesia gathered in Indonesia on 24-25 October 2018 for the two-day learning exchange on coconut value chain. For this ASEAN Exchange Visit themed “Strengthening the Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in the Coconut Value Chain Management and Job Creations in Rural Areas”, the delegates visited Purworejo […]
YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA – MTCP2 Laos’ story “Zero Energy Cool Storage” was voted best practice while MTCP2 Bangladesh’s photo titled “Organic Dried Fish Production” was voted best photo by farmers organizations, NIAs and development partners participating in the recently concluded MTCP2 Knowledge Management Fair 2018 held at Cakra Kusuma Hotel in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 22 October 2018. […]
