Pickled Khumuul Prepared by Amgalan Khungee National Association of Mongolian Agricultural Cooperatives (NAMAC) Mongolia Khumuul (Allium Mongolicum Regel) is a wild onion that grows in the Gobi Desert in the southern part of Mongolia. In the past, Mongolians popularly used to use it instead of onion and garlic. However, it has been forgotten nowadays. Khumuul […]
BANGKOK, THAILAND – On July 5, 2022, thirty-seven participants, members, and partners of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives on Community Empowerment (SEARICE), from 13 Asian countries, gathered in Bangkok, Thailand for a three-day workshop, with the theme “Transforming Asia’s Food Systems Through Rights Based Solutions: Capacity […]
Representatives from AFA members NUWUA and KAFLU (Kyrgyzstan), NAMAC (Mongolia), NLRF (Nepal) and PAKISAMA (Philippines) are attending the International Land Coalition’s Global Land Forum held in Jordan. The AFA representatives will share experiences on securing rights to land and sustainable land management with, by and for family farmers as well as to explore partnerships on […]
Umnugobi Province, Mongolia – The Lusyn Serchim Cooperative, a member of the National Association of Mongolian Agricultural Cooperatives (NAMAC), was established in 2013 with 109 members. The cooperative helps its members sell their livestock raw materials in order to increase their main income. Currently, the cooperative has 205 members. In October 2017, Amgalan Khungee, manager of the […]
AFA’s young farmers’ initiative has been nominated for the ILC Good Practice Award at the 2022 Global Land Forum. Please show your support by voting here: https://bit.ly/3D7r2Oa Deadline to vote: 31st March 2022 ____ With Asia facing an ageing farming population, the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) is aiming to attract youth […]
In the framework of the MOU between NAMAC and IFAD, under the Asia-Pacific Farmers’ Program, NAMAC’s 16 member cooperatives from Arkhangai, Bulgan, Gobi-Altai, Dornod, Dundgobi, Khuvsgul, Khentii, Sukhbaatar, and Uvurkhangai provinces submitted a 4P business plan to the IFAD and 11 of them were selected to receive a soft loan from IFAD. Thus, on 8 […]
In preparation for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Independent Dialogue Series in Asia-Pacific, a national independent dialogue convened by AFA members, AFA partners, and Asia-Pacific Farmers’ Program partner farmers’ organizations will be conducted virtually in the following countries: Country Host FO Date Time Bangladesh COAST Trust May 30 10:00 – 13:00 GMT/UTC+6 India Institute […]
Young Women and Men Farmers As Advocates for Sustainable, Resilient, Gender Sensitive Agri-Forest Based Livelihoods: Young Farmers for Farms in Forests, Forests in Farms REGIONAL EXCHANGE AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FAIR October 2-3, 2020 Philippine Standard Time REGISTER HERE Introduction Honing young farmers as leaders and advocates for sustainable, resilient, and gender-sensitive agri-forest-based […]
