Like any business organization with investments coming from many people, governance in the cooperative is an important matter. Laws governing corporations have provisions on corporate governance to protect the interest of investors and the public. Co-operative laws also have provisions on co-operative governance to ensure the smooth running of the business in the interest of […]
In Vietnam, a country of small-scale farmers, an integrated farming system called VAC rapidly gains interest. Although their plots are small, most farmers can achieve surplus for the market from six months to two years after starting the work.
We are pleased to share with you the 2020 Directory of Farmers’ Organizations under the Asia-Pacific Farmers’ Forum. This publication features the profiles of farmers’ organizations under the programs supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the European Union (EU). Click here to view or download this publication
Background The concept of Branding has been around for hundreds of years and likely much longer. What it means to brand something has broadened quite a bit since the word first came into use. Despite the changes, each of the older kinds of branding is still widely used today. To date, distribution channels are far-reaching […]
With an immense spirit to develop the farming industry in ASEAN countries, farmers who are coming from 10 member states of ASEAN are driven together for the betterment of the farming industry in ASEAN. These farmers require as much support as possible from ASEAN and its partner, the EU. We are sharing these impact stories […]
Download this book: Book-Strengthening Seed Systems-CBSS-SAC-AFA-PARC-2020 This book is an output of a regional experts’ consultation program on “Partnership to Strengthen Community Based Seed Systems in South Asia”, organized by the SAARC Agriculture Center (SAC), Dhaka; the Asian Farmers Association (AFA), the Philippines; and the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Pakistan during 7-9 November 2019, […]
We are leaders and members of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development, with 20 member organizations and cooperatives in 16 countries [1] in Asia, comprising around 13 million small scale women and men family farmers, fishers, forest dwellers, indigenous peoples, pastoralists, and herders. As a regional family farmers’ organization, we work with […]
DOWNLOAD: Sustainable_Family_Farming_Agriculture_in_South_Asia_through_Partnerships South Asia, comprised of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, is home to about 1.8 billion people — nearly 25% of the world’s population.1 But with an area of 5.2 million square kilometers, or some 1% of the world’s area, South Asia is the most densely populated region in […]
