The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) held various activities and decided on important matters on its recently concluded 5th general assembly, which was also a celebration of its 10th anniversary. Vietnam Farmers Union (VNFU) hosted the event in Hanoi, Vietnam last March 9, 2012 back-to-back with regional farmers’ consultations on March 7-8 […]
[The following is from the flyer of ISIS about its new publication to which AFA contributed articles as follow: “Pursuing Organic Farming in Cambodia” (by Kong Sokchhoin, FNN); “A Case for Cassava in East Nusa Tenggara” (by Nuruddin); “When Survival of the Self is the Survival of Others” (by Ryoko Tsuboi, AINOUKAI); “Bracing the Burdens […]
Mr. Kang Min Su, the former Secretary General of the Korean Alliance of Farmer (KAF) and the Korean Alliance against the KorUS FTA, arrived in the Philippines on June 12 to join AFA as volunteer staff for advocacy work. Mr. Kang has a wide experience in advocacy work for farmers’ organizations in Korea. He was […]
Mr. Kim Gwan Bae of the Korean Advanced Farmers’ Federation (KAFF) and Ms. Park of the Women’s Adanced Farmers’ Federation visited the AFA office today. They met the AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia, Technical Assistant Shui Tsai, and Admin Officer Agnes Ramos. Taking the picture is AFA Operations Officer Jun Virola. Mr. Kim and Ms. […]
KAFF is an AFA member in South Korea. They have been campaigning against the ratification of the US Korea FTA and other trade agreements and rules that are inimical to farmers’ interests. Trading Markets, Sunday, April 20, 2008; Posted: 09:23 PM SEOUL, Apr 21, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) — — South Korean farmers and civic […]
In celebration of AFA day, members and partners participating in AFA’s Consultation-Workshop and 3rd AFA General Assembly last February 28 – March 3, 2008 in Sangnok Resort, Cheonan, South Korea, visited 2 farmer communities.
A formal ceremony took place in Japan for the inauguration of Mr. Seo, Jung-Eui, President of KAFF, who was elected Chairperson of AFA for the term 2006-2008 last April in Cambodia.
