Tomato is a food that is enjoyed worldwide. In Sri Lanka, tomato is eaten as it is or used as an ingredient for salad, processed as a juice drink, jam, and tomato sauce, and mixed in almost all types of curries. In the village of Dodamkumbura, tomato is one of the crops that the farmers […]
The Akphivat Srok Yoeung Cooperative was established through a consolidation of four self-help saving groups from four villages in Prey Chhor district, Kampong Cham province, Cambodia with technical support from a project of a local NGO called CEDAC since 2008. When the project was phased out, the self-help groups continue to grow organically and were […]
Uttar Pradesh, India – The Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh prides itself on having many women farmers. They cultivate diverse crops including wheat, mustard, fenugreek, vegetables, among others. With the land being fertile, they earn reasonably well but because of following traditional farming practices, they are handicapped in terms of quality and quantity of produce, […]
Sok Houn and her husband, Tep Sok, live in Trok village, in the Svay Rieng province of Cambodia, with their four children. They used to raise chickens through traditional practices, and as a result many chickens died early. In 2014, MTCP2 reached the village of Trok, facilitating training for local farmers in several areas through […]
The Institute for Motivating Self-Employment (IMSE), a farmers’ organization in West Bengal, is carrying out two major campaigns in support of farmers to enable them to keep the land they till and to use sustainable agriculture practices to make small-scale farming viable while protecting the environment. Village-level awareness camps were conducted to demonstrate the benefits […]
The youth are the future of agriculture. However, in the past years, the Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) saw low participation of youth in agribusiness, which is attributed to the limited access to resources such as land, start-up capital, business mentors, and increasing number of youth moving from rural to urban areas and […]
SAARC Agri Cooperative Business Forum Communique by Asian Farmers’ Association communique saarc agri coops business forum
Around 50 participants coming from various farmers association, fisherfolks organization, indigenous women and representatives from government agencies gathered in Hotel Pak Heritage, 28 Davis Road Lahore to share initiatives and challenges confronting smallholder farmers and fishers. The National Farmers’ Forum in Pakistan is organized by AFA-LVC consortium in cooperation with Pakistan Kisan Rabita Committee (PKRC) […]
