This is a re-posted article from the Inquirer.net. BANGKOK, Thailand — “Small farm families who only have 25% of the land feed 75% of the population. We feed the world not the Best Foods nor the giant food conglomerates. Yet, we are more vulnerable to exploitation, climate change, and rapid land loss due to government’s […]
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 […]
AFA, with support from CSA and supplementary support from AsiaDHRRA and ThaiDHRRA, conducted a Scoping Mission and National Cooperatives and Social Enterprises Forum in Thailand on 8-15 September 2019. The team, consisting of AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia, AFA Cooperative Development Program Manager Jojo Ebron, and Cezar Belangel of AsiaDHRRA, accompanied by ThaiDHRRA, went to […]
BANGKOK, Thailand–The 2019 Mekong Knowledge and Learning Fair, held in Bangkok, Thailand on 10-12 July 2019, attracted nearly 200 participants consisting of high level officials from the government of countries within the Mekong region and the Philippines, representatives from IFAD country offices, IFAD grants / supported projects, private sector, and farmers’ organizations (FOs) including the […]
Farmers organizations (FOs) under the AFOSP-MTCP2 program participated in the 8th ASEAN Cooperative Business Forum held at the Prince Palace Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on 26-27 February 2019. Representatives from ACEDAC as well as development partners also attended the forum. During the forum the participants exchanged and shared experiences in cooperative promotion and the success […]
AFOSP-MTCP2 farmer organizations participate in the Workshop on Developing Action Plan for Enhancing the Role of Agricultural Cooperative in the Global Value Chain on 28 February 2019 at the Prince Palace Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. This workshop is co-organized by the consortium Asian Farmers’ Association and La Via Campesina together with the ASEAN Foundation, with […]
Bangkok, Thailand – AFA successfully concluded its 27th Executive Committee meeting under its new Chairperson, Mr. Uon Sophal, President of Farmer and Nature Net (FNN) in Cambodia. The meeting was dove-tailed with a regional consultation on agricultural research for development that was co-organized with APAARI. The ExeCom appreciated the able facilitation of the meeting by […]
Bangkok, Thailand – With limited resources available for their work, the need to track or monitor more closely the impact of farmer organizations and coops at the national, regional and international levels have never been more important. Thus, the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA), in cooperation with its partners, resolve to develop further a social auditing […]
