When the Philippine government placed the country on lockdown starting in mid-March, a number of challenges for the citizens ensued. Delivery of fresh vegetables and fruits to the national capital region coming from the provinces were delayed due to obstacles in transporting these goods. The scarcity of fresh food and the panic buying of people […]
REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_07A54Fs8SH6m3YMwSQIYiA?mc_cid=56c10e8ec6&mc_eid=415d8167f8 The Value Chain Capacity Building Network (VCB-N), is organizing a series of Webinars around the theme of “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural value chains – What we can do to mitigate the impact!” The objective of the series of Webinars is to provide an opportunity to assess the impact […]
On 8 May 2020, the International Fund for Agricultural Development held a live webcast to discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on rural communities and small scale agriculture in developing countries, how they have already benefitted from IFAD’s resilience-building, and how IFAD is providing response and recovery efforts. The speakers were: Paul Winters, Associate Vice-President of […]
YANGON, MYANMAR – “Hitting two birds with one stone” is how we can describe this initiative of the AFFM, AFA member in Myanmar, to help their members during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. AFFM, one of the sectorial affiliates of CTUM, has more than 528 Basic Level Unions from 12 Regions and States which produce […]
This webinar is aimed at raising awareness on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the poor, marginalised and landless communities in Asia. Participants will have a better understanding of some of the best practices that land rights advocacy groups, such as ILC Asia members, are doing in the region to mitigate such impacts as […]
AFA regularly conducts virtual sharing sessions on how family farmers are affected by the COVID-19 issues and on how their organizations try to respond to the challenges they face. The sharing sessions are meant to bring solidarity among our members and to learn and be inspired by the initiatives of others. In this article, […]
MARIKINA CITY, PHILIPPINES – The lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity for farmers groups/cooperatives in the Philippines to sell their produce directly to consumers. On 3 May 2020, with the help of PAKISAMA, AFA member in the Philippines, their member organization Kababaihang Dumagat ng Sierra Madre (K-GAT), a start-up women-led cooperative, brought […]
India was placed on lockdown starting 24 March 2020. Borders were closed in some areas. All states were affected due to the lockdown but the following states have been highly affected: Gujarat, Maharashtra, MP, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Odisha, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, and Jammu & Kashmir. As the number of positive […]
