Executive Summary Women farmers are central actors in Asia’s agrifood systems as producers, agricultural workers, fishers, herders and pastoralists, livestock keepers, processors, entrepreneurs, cooperative members, knowledge holders and custodians of natural resources. Yet their contribution is not matched by equal rights, access to resources or decision-making power. FAO (2025) reports that nearly 58% of the […]
SAARC Agri Cooperative Business Forum Communique by Asian Farmers’ Association communique saarc agri coops business forum
The Philippines embarked on a comprehensive Agrarian Reform Programme in 1981, set to redistribute 8.1 million hectares of land. Three years later, following land reforms, the Pecuaria Development Cooperative Inc. (PDCI) was established in Lanipga, Bula, a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur. In this period, 817 hectares of arable land were made available […]
Organic Revolution (Nepali) DOWNLOAD: organic-revolution-nepali-NLRF
A revised proposal and a concept note for the 2nd physical Strategic Committee meeting of Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture By Shimpei Murakami Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable rural Development (AFA) Click here to download a PDF copy
ATTRACTING YOUTH TO AGRICULTURE IN ASIA A Scoping Paper Prepared by Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) August 2015 Attracting Youth in Agriculture in Asia (Revised)
This paper was prepared for presentation at the “2015 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty” in Washington DC last March 23-27, 2015 by Violeta P. Corral of the National Confederation of Small Farmers and Fishers Organizations (PAKISAMA), Philippines. The Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC) project was jointly implemented by PAKISAMA and Asian Farmers Association (AFA), support by the International Land Coalition (ILC). Under the project, land […]
