We will always remember Lee Kyung Hae’s High and Noble Self-Sacrifice We will continue to Fight For His Dream! We are confronted now with a new challenge. Even though WTO-Doha negotiations have failed, bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) are being pushed aggressively and FTA negotiations are increasing rapidly. We are aware that FTAs is another […]
We, the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), a regional alliance of 9 farmer federations in 8 Asian countries representing 10 million farmers, join the call to “free the peasants of Kelompok Tani Masyarakat Ingin Makmur (KTMIM) and investigate the violation of human rights in Banjaran Village, Secanggang Sub-District, Langkat District” in Indonesia. […]
WTO Mini Ministerial Meeting July 21-25, 2008 Geneva, Switzerland This week, negotiators from many member countries of WTO again meet in Geneva for a mini-ministerial meeting, in efforts to conclude the much delayed, much controversial Doha Development Round of Negotiations. Agriculture has been a contentious issue since the Round started in 2001. We, the Asian […]
Last May 25, Organic Farmers’ groups in Japan, who form part of the National “Change Agriculture!” movement, conducted “The International symposium to think about agriculture and environment”. This was held in Kobe, and participated by about 300 people. Our partner, Ainokai, joined this event, which one of civli society’s preparatory activities for the G8 summit. […]
Press Statement May 28, 2008 Over the past three years, and especially at the start of this year, there has been dramatic increases in the price of rice in many countries in the world, including Asia. Experts have said that these increases in rice and other major food stuffs will continue in the next few […]
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
