In Helambu Rural Municipality, Ward 6, Nayabasti Tole, Nepal, the Taruke Village Land Rights Forum unites a diverse community of 59 households comprising Magar, Dalit, Brahmin, and Chhetri families. Once landless, these residents now practice sustainable farming, growing staple crops like paddy and engaging in vegetable cultivation and livestock rearing. This shift highlights their commitment to diversified and sustainable agriculture.
In Bangladesh, there is a rampant use of hazardous pesticides in preserving sea fish. These chemical-coated fish are consumed by people all throughout the country and its byproducts are made into poultry feeds. Through MTCP2, four dry fish producer groups have been formed to produce dried fish without using pesticides. After going through theoretical and […]
MTC2 Southeast Asia conducted a sub-regional steering committee at Cakra Kusuma Hotel in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 18 October 2018 mainly to discuss about the EU verification report, SIS mission preparation, MIS as well as give a pre-briefing for the Asia-Pacific Farmers Forum. View more photos here
Women farmers from South Asia as well as development partners gather in Bhubaneswar, India on 5-7 September 2018 for a regional expert consultation on “Women’s Empowerment for Agriculture Development in South Asia: enabling polices”. The event is jointly organized by the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), Action Aid […]
The Asian NGO Coalition – For Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) became the latest partner of AFA as part of its Land Matrix Initiative that tackles the issues of Large-Scale Land Acquisition (LSLA). This collaboration was done as an exchange of information for Land Matrix Asia and the ninth and tenth commitment based initiative […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development held its 37th Executive Committee Meeting on 27 May 2018 at Ambassador Hotel, Bangkok Thailand. The member organizations present in the meeting are: API, Ainoukai, NLFF, CTCF, VNFU, FWN, FNN, LFN, NAMAC, TWADA, TDFA, AFFM, UWUA, NADF, SEWA, PAKISAMA, and KKM. View more photos of the AFA […]
View more photos here RATIONALE & OBJECTIVES The United Nations declared last December 2017, the years 2019-2019 as the “International Decade on Family Farming” This Decade aims to serve as a framework to promote better public policies on Family Farming. It offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the achievement of SDG 1 (ending poverty) and SDG2 (ending hunger, promoting food […]
Vie more photos here PRESENTATIONS FAQ: IWO/IWA Global Definition for Professional Farmer Organizations Draft Definition for Professional Farmer Organizations AFA Growth Rating Tool – Lany Rebagay Setting a Global Definition for Professional Farmer Organization – Joanne Sonenshine Group Presentation: South Asia Group Presentation: Central and East Asia Quick Synthesis – Esther Penunia Climate Finance & […]
