Regional Conference on the Impact of Financial Crisis on Vulnerable Sectors: Civil Society Voices and ASEAN July 28-29 2009, Jakarta (Final Draft) Action Plans which participants agreed to work on together: I. Agricultural Sector 1. Priority Policy Agenda 1. Create and strengthen mechanisms for dialogue and consultation between CSOs and government, at the national and […]
PAKISAMA* The Higaonons are indigenous people of southern Philippines. Their ancestral land stretches across the valley of Sayawan and Palaopao mountains in Bukidnon province. But people who did not belong to their community obtained the legal ownership of the land. In the 1930s, there were forcibly evicted from their balaang yuta(holy land). They returned as […]
(This case study appeared in the Newsletter of Hurights Osaka.) by Aliansi Petani Indonesia* The peasants are the backbone of the agrarian sector in Indonesia. They have that status since the colonial period till the present. And yet since colonial period, they have largely been deprived of freedom – freedom from oppression and poverty. While […]
(Ms. Luisita Esmao, or Ate Sita as we call her, is a widow, rice and coconut farmer from the town of Tayabas, province of Quezon, in the Philippines. She is also President of LAKAMBINI or Lakas ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan [Strength of Women in the Countryside], a national organization of small scale women farmers in […]
1. How does climate change affect women farmers and how can they better adapt to it? Agriculture is going through a lot of changes worldwide. These changes include positive elements such as industrialization, technology development, and mass production. But it also includes negative elements such as scarcity of natural resources due to climate change. These […]
(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 […]
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
