Overview Farmers in Tholakhom district, Vientiane province, have had rich experience on lowland rice farming practices for ages. Smallholder farmer worked individually and then farmers were formed as Jaeng Agriculture Cooperative. The farmers produced lots of tons of rice on a year basis, however, they face permanent market issue to sell their produce and farmers […]
This article was originally published by PhilStar Global MANILA, Philippines — Pangasinan 4th District Rep. Christopher De Venecia has again filed a bill seeking a Magna Carta for the youth to promote and protect the rights of young farmers. The National Economic Development Authority has endorsed the proposed measure for immediate passage into law. “I […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) facilitated the visit of the Department of Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests of Bhutan to successful cooperatives in the Philippines as well as government agencies concerned with cooperatives on 24-30 November 2019. During the first day of the learning visit, the 12-member delegation visited […]
YANGON, MYANMAR – One hundred eight (108) farmers organizations representatives from Yangon, Bago, Sagaing, Magway, Chin, Shan, Kachin, Kayin regions/states along with members of the Parliaments, officials from the Agriculture Department, NGOs, and MFVP as well as affiliate members of CTUM, the IWFM, BWFM, MTF, FWFM attended the Farmers’ Forum held at No. 1 Corner […]
Family farmers’ organizations (FOs) in the Philippines celebrate the first year of the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) during the Knowledge Learning Market and Policy Engagement 2019 held in 13-14 November 2019 at Ang Bahay ng Alumni, UP, Quezon City, Philippines. With the theme “Celebrating the International Decade of Family Farming: Strengtheing the Role […]
Representatives from Land Matrix partner organizations from Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, and Myanmar participated in the two-day “Land Matrix Training Workshop on Data Management” at the Partnership Center, Quezon City, Philippines on 16-17 October 2019 and on 4-5 November for partners in Indonesia. The objective of the workshop is to train the participants from different partner […]
Bangkok, Thailand – The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), jointly conducted a training workshop on the legal and policy aspects of contract farming on 28-30 October 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. The […]
PAYAKUMBUH, INDONESIA – AFA member Aliansi Petani Indonesia (API) held an agricultural entrepreneurship training for young farmers in Indonesia on 1-4 October 2019 at Padang, Payakumbuh, Indonesia. The training, which aims to equip young farmers with skills in pioneering entrepreneurship in farmer-led agricultural cooperative in the rural areas, was conducted through the AFOSP-MTCP2 Programme. API […]
