By Esther Penunia AFA Secretary General 6 October 2010 Good afternoon to all of you. Am happy to be with you, to share our thoughts for the proposed next phase of the Farmers Fighting Poverty or FFP. The Asian Farmers Association or AFA is a regional alliance formed in 2002. Currently, we have ten national […]
Dear fellow land rights advocates in Timor Leste, Our organization, Asian Farmers’ Association or AFA, supports your call for the implementation of the Minimum Requirements to ensure meaningful public participation in developing your country’s Land Law. AFA, a regional alliance of nine national farmers’ organizations in eight Asian countries, believes that security of land tenure […]
The participants of the Global Food Sufficiency Videoconference*, which took place in Manila (Philippines), Dakar (Senegal), Brasilia (Brazil), Washington (USA) and Brussels (Europe) on 29. April 2009, suggest working closely together towards: 1. Influencing agriculture policies in our regions (Common Agriculture and Rural Development Policy in the EU, US Farm Bill, etc.) so that farm […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), a regional alliance of nine national farmers’ organizations in Southeast and East Asia, representing ten million small-scale men and women farmers, supports the campaign to declare an International Year of Family Farming. The World Rural Forum (WRF), an international platform for meeting, analysing and observing rural […]
29th FAORAP Conference CIVIL SOCIETY JOINT STATEMENT March 30, 2009 Bangkok, Thailand (Presented during the Ministerial meeting segment, March 30, 2009 , by Ms. Esther Penunia, AFA Secretary General.) Distinguished ministers and officers of the ministries of agriculture, forestry, fisheries in the Asia Pacific Region, Director General Jacques Diof, and officers of FAO RAP, good […]
STATEMENT FROM CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPANTS 29TH FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC BANGKOK, 26-31 MARCH 2009 We, representatives from farmers’ organisations, indigenous peoples, women, agricultural workers, fisher folks, people’s movements and civil society organisations from Asia-Pacific countries, wish to register to the delegates at the 29th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the […]
Dear Friends in PAKISAMA, We, the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), would like to express our solidarity with you on the occasion of your 7th National Congress on March 18-20, 2009, with the theme “Unity Amidst Challenges of the Time.” This is a very important event not only for PAKISAMA, but for […]
PRESS STATEMENT November 26, 2008 Bring Ka Vic’s Killers to Justice Immediately ! Stop Political Killings in the Philippines ! We, the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development, an alliance of nine national farmers’ organizations in eight countries in Asia, are shocked, dumbfounded, and deeply in sorrow and righteous anger over the shameless and […]
