Over 60 participants consisting of members and staff of farmers’ organizations (FOs), agricultural cooperatives, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Asia-Pacific region participated in the “Video Production Training” conducted by the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation (DGRV) on 5 October 2023 via Zoom. The training aimed […]
Battambang Province, Cambodia — Along the banks of the Sankae River in Prek Loung Commune, fishing is a source of livelihood more many people. For Mak Srey, a member of the Sdey Krom Rohal Soung Fishing Community in Battambang’s Eh Phnom district, the abundance of fish every November and December brings hope, but also hardship. “During those months, there […]
Climate change has significant and far-reaching impacts on agriculture. Addressing these impacts requires adaptation strategies such as developing drought-tolerant crops, improving water management practices, adopting precision agriculture techniques, promoting sustainable land management practices, and implementing climate-resilient farming systems. Farmers worldwide are making remarkable efforts and developing innovative solutions to confront the challenges posed by […]
In Cambodia, the National Family Farmers Forum and Partners Consultation on Food System Transition and Climate Resiliency was conducted on 31 August 2023 at Sunway Hotel in Phnom Penh. The meeting was attended by 18 representatives from farmers’ organizations (4 youth) and CSOs and one representative from CARD (government institution).
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) […]
With funding support from the APFP–FO4A program and technical assistance from the Institute for Motivating Self Employment (IMSE), tassar farmers in Digalpahari, Jharkhand, India, have enhanced their silk production and strengthened their entrepreneurship capacities in the tassar trade. View more photos
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 […]
