to fight climate change: Asian Farmers Call for Massive Support for Sustainable, Organic Agriculture Climate change, or Global warming, has emerged as the most serious, yet unifying , global issue, that affects every country and every citizen, both rich and poor, of the world. However, the rise of the earth’s temperature has its most serious […]
The following is the solidarity message sent by AFA to the Sumilao farmers, who are mostly members of PAKISAMA. The Sumilao farmers belonging to the Higaonon tribal community in southern Philippines have been marching around 1,700 kilometers for almost 60 days from Bukidnon in Mindanao to Metro Manila to reclaim the 144 hectares of ancestral […]
Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) for Asia and the Pacific for the sixteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16) 26-27 November 2007, Jakarta, Indonesia
November 3, 2007 ACSC+, Peninsula Excelsior, Singapore Reclaiming Spaces: Small Men and Women Farmers Defining the Challenge for ASEAN by Mr. Muhammad Nuruddin Executive Committee Member, AFA ( Asian Farmers’ Association) Secretary General, API ( Aliansi Petani Indonesia)
Presentation -Panel Session November 3, 2007 ACSC+, Peninsula Excelsior, Singapore The Agenda and Actions of Small Men and Women Farmers by Mr. Niran Buasiri Executive Committee Member, Sor Kor Por
A. Common Issues 1. Small scale men and women farmers, fishers and indigenous peoples in the rural areas , who altogether form the majority of the people in ASEAN member countries and the poorest in their societies, face the following issues:
Farmers and Fishers and IPs Recognize and engage rural people’s networks at local, national and regional levels, in the formulation of policies and programs that affect the lives and livelihoods of small men and women farmers, fishers and IPs. Promote agriculture and fisheries that effectively lift the rural people, both men and women, from poverty […]
Paper developed by the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and presented by Mr. Muhammad Nuruddin, Executive Committee Member of AFA, and Secretary General of Aliansi Petani Indonesia (API) during the Panel Session of the 6th ASEAN People’s Assembly (APA) entitled “Towards Fair Trade In An Integrating ASEAN: Perspectives of Workers, Farmers and […]
