Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines – Excitement is in the air as the First Asia-Pacific Young Farmers Camp and Agrilympics (YFCA) gears up for a spectacular event at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Laguna, Philippines from 12-16 August 2024. This event will bring together 130 young farmers, fishers, pastoralists, and forest-users from 20 […]
We are small-scale women, men, and young family farmers from 13 organizations in 9 countries, members and partners of the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), who have participated in the survey, focus group discussions, and experience sharing on digital agriculture. Here we discussed the situation, challenges, and recommendations on digital agriculture. In […]
In 2022, AFA partnered with the Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation (GFAR) and Agricultural Research Associations (APAARI) in the Collective Action on Inclusive Digital Transformation in Agriculture that aims at empowering small-scale producers to co-develop good practices and negotiate business models that work for them, and at making all other actors in the Digital Agriculture value […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), a network of family farmer organizations representing around 12 million farmers in 16 countries in Asia, is providing technical and business development services including amplifying the voices of the farmers in Southeast, East, Central, South Asia and the Pacific. With the support of different international partners […]
Farmer and Forest Producers’ Organizations Declaration For COP27 and Beyond Regional Workshop on Pathways to Climate Change 21-22 October 2022 | Pasay City Philippines We, the representatives of 19 small-scale, fishers, Indigenous Peoples, and pastoralists organizations from 12 countries who took part in the Regional Workshop organized by the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable […]
The AgriCOOPh Coops4food program was introduced in 2020. This is an initiative that links producers’ cooperatives to consumers’ cooperatives, organizations, and community associations. The Coops4food model is a community-supported, market-driven strategy that generates interest and unlocks the potential of non-traditional markets as procurement organizations of fresh farm products to match the demand of their members […]
Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020, MIEDECO, a farmers’ cooperative in the Philippines, continues to thrive. MIEDECO’s story demonstrates a successful response to the negative effects of the pandemic on the economy. The AgriCOOPh Federation supports the Malabog Integrated Enterprises Development Cooperative (MIEDECO) through the Assuring Resiliency of Family Farmers Amidst […]
For the ARISE-Farmers program, AgriCOOPh collaborated with six farmer organizations: Dicadi Agriculture Cooperative (DACO), Kalipunan ng Maliit na Magniniyog ng Pilipinas Agriculture Cooperative (KAMMPIL), Lumad sa Adgawan Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LAMPUFACO), Socorro Empowered People’s Cooperative (SOEMCO), Farmers Alternative for Self-Reliance Multi-Purpose Cooperative (FASRMCO), and Barangay Calube Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BACFA-MPC). In this video, farmer-beneficiaries share […]
