BANGKOK, Thailand–The 2019 Mekong Knowledge and Learning Fair, held in Bangkok, Thailand on 10-12 July 2019, attracted nearly 200 participants consisting of high level officials from the government of countries within the Mekong region and the Philippines, representatives from IFAD country offices, IFAD grants / supported projects, private sector, and farmers’ organizations (FOs) including the […]
MANILA, Philippines – A Dumagat woman in Barangay Daraitan in Tanay, Rizal, was speaking before a group of visitors. Her blonde hair was neatly tied up. Her lips, red with lipstick. She said she didn’t look like a katutubo (tribe member). But she is, in her heart, through and through. Her name is Nila Grace […]
The MTCP2 Supervision and Implementation Support (SIS) mission team visited Vietnam Farmers Union and its partner FOs in July 2019 to get updates on their activities conducted with support from MTCP2 Programme. Private enterprises such as Han Vinh Coffee supports farmers. Around 110 out of 1,200 coffee suppliers are supported by AFOSP-MTCP2. Aside from purchasing […]
Bahadur Singh Kandari and his family live in Deghat village in Almora District at an altitude of 1,200 meters. He used to take up private job assignments but due to lack of employment opportunities, he got intensively involved in agriculture in 2005. He has been involved in agriculture for a decade now. He leased a […]
LAOS – Mueng Lao Food Company, a local business based in Vientiane capital, Laos, has been studying fresh vegetable market for over a year and found out that massive fresh produce is being imported from Thailand to feed the people of Vientiane. More than seven (7) tons of spring onions alone is being imported on a […]
AFA members PAKISAMA, LFN, UWUA, NAMAC, and AFFM with AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia Banzuela and AFA staff Lorraine Ablan attend the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2019 held on 17-21 June 2019 in Incheon, South Korea. Watch the APFW lightning session:
KATHMANDU, NEPAL – What is a gender sensitive value chain? This was the main question posed for the participants of the Regional Consultation Workshop on Understanding and Promoting Gender Sensitive Value Chain in South Asia at the start of the three-day meeting held at Hotel Marshyangdi, Kathmandu, Nepal on 12-14 June 2019. Women and youth […]
KATHMANDU, NEPAL – Women and youth in agriculture in South Asia were the center of the discussions during the consultation meeting themed “Youth and Women in Agriculture: For Economic Development and Key to Food Security in Future” held on 9-11 June 2019 at Park Village Resort in Kathmandu, Nepal. Women and youth farmers as well […]
