On June 8, 2017, the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VNFU) in association with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and IFAD Vietnam held a workshop on reviewing the Draft of a new Decree on organization and operation of cooperative groups as the replacement for the Decree No. 151/2007/N?-CP dated October 10, 2007. The workshop was coordinated […]
Discovering the Fortune in Cinnamon by Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VNFU), Vietnam Growing cinnamon in Vietnam’s forests Vietnam has 16,247,492 hectares of agri-forest areas, with a forest cover of 42 percent. Of these, 5.5 million hectares (ha) are protection forests, 8.5 million are production forests and 2.2 million are lands without forests. Income from forestry production […]
AFA Initiatives with Farmers in Forested Land Scapes Struggles. Actions. Lessons Learned. 2017 Edition This is a compilation of case studies written by AFA members who implemented FFF projects in 2015-2016. The cases reflect the struggles, the actions, and the lessons learned by AFA members in organizing and building the capacities of their members in […]
One of the five point priority agenda of the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) is to build and strengthen farmers’ cooperatives and their enterprises that will give farmers a stronger involvement in value chains and increase their market power. Thus, AFA has established a Cooperative Development Program which aims to “build a […]
HANOI, VIETNAM – Vietnam Farmers Union (VNFU) hosted a high level study visit on Land Use with a six-person delegation from Nepal headed by Mr. Krishna Prasad Devkota, Secretary of the Ministry of Land Reform and Management. The Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Mr. Nguyen Linh Ngoc received the delegation on behalf of […]
(VNFU’s Website) – This afternoon (4th February), in Hanoi, the First Vice Chairman of VNFU Mr.Nguyen Duy Luong met and worked with the delegation from Croplife Asia headed by Ms. Thelma L. Soriano – Executive Director. Representatives from Today Countryside Newspaper, Administration Deparment and International Cooperation Department attended the Meeting. At the meeting, Ms. Thelma […]
