Discovering the Fortune in Cinnamon by Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VNFU), Vietnam Growing cinnamon in Vietnam’s forests Vietnam has 16,247,492 hectares of agri-forest areas, with a forest cover of 42 percent. Of these, 5.5 million hectares (ha) are protection forests, 8.5 million are production forests and 2.2 million are lands without forests. Income from forestry production […]
Growing Eco-Friendly Tea in Protected Wetlands by Central Tea Cooperative Federation Ltd. (CTCF) Nepal Background The Mai Pokhari wetland lies in the mid-hill ranges of the Himalayas. Located about 2,150 meters above sea level and covering an area of 90 hectares, the wetland is approximately 545 km away from the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu. The […]
Rationalizing the Use of Forestlands by Union of the Water Users Associations of the Kyrgyz Republic (UWUA) Description of the Area Jalal-Abad Province is one of the administrative-territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic. Together with the neighboring Osh and Batken provinces, Jalal-Abad is part of South Kyrgyzstan, an agrarian, more mountainous, and less developed part […]
AFA Initiatives with Farmers in Forested Land Scapes Struggles. Actions. Lessons Learned. 2017 Edition This is a compilation of case studies written by AFA members who implemented FFF projects in 2015-2016. The cases reflect the struggles, the actions, and the lessons learned by AFA members in organizing and building the capacities of their members in […]
KATHMANDU, NEPAL – Forty six representatives of farm and forest producer organizations and community forest user groups in Nepal gathered last March 28 in Kathmandu to share knowledge and experiences on sustainable forestry and forest management, identify common policy advocacy issues they can bring to government and establish partnership for taking action together. The “Knowledge […]
Strategy From the Knowledge Exchange Forum on Promoting Rights and Livelihoods through Forest and Farm Producer Organisations Bangkok, Thailand , 7-8-9 December 2016 We the participants of the Forest and Farm Producer Organisation’s Exchange forum at our first Asian meeting 7-9th of December 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand, RECOGNIZING the key role of forest and farm producers’ […]
AIPP/NTFP-EP/AFA Statement for the Asia Pacific Forestry Week 2016 DOWNLOAD: AIPP-NTFP-EP-AFA-Statement-for-the-APFW-2016
