This article is originally published by ComDev Asia Mobilize investments and provide sufficient direct financing to forest and farm producer organizations (FFPOs), so they can keep family farming alive. This was the main recommendation by FFPOs who participated in an international web consultation on “Multi-dimensional Resilience: Smallholder Producers and Farmers Managing Risks,” held last June […]
This declaration is originally published by WRF In the framework of the crisis generated by the Covid-19 pandemic, we, Family Farmers’ Organizations and other CSOs committed for decades in the different regions of the world to strengthening and promoting Family Farming and Sustainable Food Systems would like to make this urgent appeal to governments, United […]
In a statement, leaders and members of the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) strongly emphasized the role Asian family farmers have taken as frontlines and key actors during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 27 countries covered by AFA members and their partners, partial or total lockdowns continue to adversely affect not only public […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has also been affecting Indonesia. The first case of infection was detected in Jakarta on 2 March 2020. Many more cases were detected since then, almost in all areas of Indonesia, both in city and rural areas. The Indonesian government had since declared the status of COVID-19 Emergency status3, and have made […]
The Agriculture and Farmer Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) is a sectorial affiliate of the Confederation of Trade Unions in Myanmar (CTUM). It is comprised of more than 528 Basic Level Unions from 12 Regions and States that produce various crops such as vegetables, paddy/rice, potatoes, onions, pulses, and fruits. As the COVID-19 pandemic hit globally, […]
Nine hundred (900) households in Barangay San Vicente, Sumilao, Bukidnon, Philippines benefited from the relief drive of the Panaw Sumilao Multi-Purpose Cooperative. On 21 June 2020, the Panaw Sumilao MPC, a member of PAKISAMA, donated food packs for San Vicente residents as part of their Community Disaster Response for COVID-19 Pandemic. The cooperative allocated 75 […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development collaborated with the Food and Forest Development Finland (FFD), AgriCord, Forest and Farm Facility (FFF), and the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO) for an international web consultation and conference themed “Multidimensional Resilience Smallholder Producers and Farmers Managing Risks” held online on 9-11 June 2020. Farmer leaders of AFA […]
Reposted from Nutrition Connect In blog 30 in our series on opportunities for building back better food systems and nutrition, Esther Penunia, Secretary-General of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), discusses the challenges faced by smallholder farms across Asia, and how they are working to overcome them. She calls on governments and […]
