Pursat, Cambodia – In Veal Veng district, Pursat province, Cambodia, Nop Kolap once struggled to make ends meet. Her family of five depended on irregular farm labor. She used to be employed to harvest potatoes and maize for KHR 20,000 (USD 5) a day. Her husband’s job as a pepper harvester brought in about KHR 600,000 (USD 150) […]
Introduction We, the members and partners of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), representing the small-scale coffee producing communities across 7 Asian nations – Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Philippines and Vietnam – have convened last 22 August 2023 to deliberate on the potential ramifications of the European Union Deforestation Regulation […]
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 […]
Over the past few years, there has been progress in tenure and safeguards at the ASEAN (regional) level, particularly in the Mekong sub-region. Customary tenure (CT) has been recognized as a key indicator in an important guideline for responsible investment in food agriculture and forestry. However, despite these developments, several challenges remain. For customary forest […]
This report aims to assess the status of customary tenure recognition and implementation in livelihoods and food security in Laos. It is part of the “Strengthening Regional Mechanisms and Capacities in Engaging, Implementing, and Adopting Customary Tenure (CT) recognition and free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) as safeguards in the Mekong region’ project led by […]
Background The recently held UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment highlighted the enormous contribution of food systems transformation to solving many of the world’s sustainability challenges. Among them are biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, income inequality, malnutrition, and climate change, which are interrelated crises that are undermining progress made toward the 2030 Agenda and pose threats to […]
Southeast Asia’s extensive forest cover is a critical source of food and livelihood for approximately 14 million people, particularly for indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities. Forest areas where customary tenure predominantly shapes and define how communities manage land and other resources, including the way community members collect and produce food and earn income to meet […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA), and the National Land Coalition (NLC) -Philippines, are jointly conducting a capacity-building training on Mapping Tools. The training is supported by the Land Matrix Initiative, with AFA as the regional focal point in Asia and PAKISAMA as the host […]
