AFA and AsiaDHRRA Issue Paper. Vol. 3, No. 1. Quezon City, Philippines, February 2008. The ASEAN Charter and the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint are two important documents that the 40-year old ASEAN recently signed in order to advance it vision of a “sharing and caring community”. Because majority of the people of Southeast Asia are […]
(Introductory remarks by Crispin Aguelo, President of PAKISAMA, to a thematic workshop entitled: “Access to Land: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities. Role and Perspectives of Farmers’ and Rural Producers’ Organizations”, held in Rome, February 2008.) Good morning colleagues in the agrarian reform movement! I am Crispin Aguelo, President of PAKISAMA or National Movement of Peasant Organizations […]
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:
