After a 2-day strategic planning workshop held in Ping Tung, Taiwan which was highlighted by an analysis of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT), a review of its progress vis-a-vis its strategic objectives in the last 5 years (2006-2010), as well as its mission, vision, goals, and 8-point peasant agenda (now 9-point peasant agenda), […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), held its Fourth General Assembly, with the theme “Sustaining our Gains, Nourishing our Work” on April 20-23 at the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) in Taiwan. The event was hosted by the Taiwan Wax Apple Development Association (TWADA) in cooperation with NPUST. The […]
Manila, Philippines – Today as the nation faces the threat of a widespread COVID-19 outbreak, we are also potentially facing another problem as a result of extreme social distancing measures and LGU boundary lockdowns, the threat of a food crisis. Further aggravating the situation are recent announcements of Vietnam and Thailand of rice export suspension. We […]
Thirty-two-year-old Heera Sinh Jodhasinh Patwal lives in Todhara Village, Dwarahat Block, Almora District. He has completed his BA and his main occupation is farming on his 30 naali (7200 square yards) land and animal husbandry (he has 2 jersey cows). He also runs a grocery shop in the village. He mainly cultivates vegetables such as […]
WHAT: Press Conference of Isidoro “Boy” Ancog, Filipino farmer who went on hunger strike at FAO Biotech Meeting to protest imposition of biotechnology, especially GMOs, on developing countries WHEN: March 8, 2010, 10:00 AM WHERE: Max’s Restaurant, Quezon Circle Filipino farmer ends hunger strike, exposes pro-GMO agenda of FAO meeting Filipino farmer, Isidoro “Boy” Ancog,” […]
<iframe src=”https://web.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2FAsianFarmers%2Fvideos%2F755071458598806%2F&show_text=0&width=560″ width=”560″ height=”315″ style=”border:none;overflow:hidden” scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″ allowTransparency=”true” allowFullScreen=”true”></iframe> By using food scraps and other plants, you can quickly lure out snails that destroy the rice plants! Farmers in Laos show how to do this easy and organic way of luring snails out of the rice field.
