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 […]
In order to discuss various organizational matters and cooperation projects, AFA held its first official meeting with SorKorPor under its new Secretary General. The newly appointed Mr. Pote (Third from left in the photo), together with Ms. Saengnapa from its partner NGO ThaiDHRRA, met with the AFA Secretary General and other staff on July 2. […]
On the occasion of the 7th National congress Dear Brothers and sisters: our comrade in PAKISAMA We, the Thai farmer’s Association (SorKorPor) want to talk and express our solidarity with you on the special important event in your history the 7th National congress on March 18 – 20, 2009 with the theme “Unity Amidst Challenges […]
Farmers in ASEAN member-countries such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand, can now understand more about ASEAN issues related to farmers in the region through an issue paper that has been translated into local languages. The issue paper entitled “Understanding the ASEAN Charter and the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint”, published by AFA and AsiaDHRRA, […]
The Executive Committee of the Farmer’s Federations Association for Development Thailand (SorKorPor), led by Mr. Prawit Pancharoen (Chair-person) and Dr. Yutkati Sarikaputi (Head of Advisors), held a meeting with Thailand’s Agriculture Minister Mr. Samsak Pridnanuntakol and Permanent Undersecretary Mr. Jaruntada Kannasuit last March 20, 2008 to discuss cooperation between SorKorPor and the Ministry at the […]
The Farmer’s Federations Association for Development Thailand (SorKorPor) hosted the visit of representatives from the Vietnam National Farmer Union (VNFU) last March 25-30, 2008 in order to learn from Thailand farmers’ initiatives on agricultural self-sufficiency and to strengthen the ties between the two farmer organizations and the rest of the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA), which […]
AFA representatives Vic Fabe of PAKISAMA and Khun Wikit of SorKorPor, together with the AFA Project Officer for Operations Jun Virola and other representatives from SorKorPor, including its Secretary General Chaiwat Suravichai, attended the convention and training on Natural Farming in Jeju, South Korea on 4-15 November 2007. The convention provided an opportunity for AFA […]
