June 30, 2006 Warm greetings of Peace! We, the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), an alliance of nine million farmers from eight countries in Asia, together with our support group, the Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (AsiaDHRRA), a network of 11 non-government organizations in ten Asian […]
May 30, 2006 Last week, two calamities struck the villages in two Southeast Asian countries. In Thailand, a great flood occured in the northern part, affecting many farmers, some of whom are members of Sor Kor Por, an AFA member. In Yogyakarta, Indonesia, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck, killing 6,200 people, injuring and displacing a […]
We, leaders and members belonging to the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), gathered here at Phnom Penh, Cambodia for a “Forum on WTO and ASEAN: Asian Farmers’ Perspectives in Engaging Intergovernmental Bodiesâ€, this 11th of April 2006, on the occasion of AFA’s Strategic Planning and Second General Assembly , declare the following:
Click here for the Chinese translation We, leaders and members belonging to the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), gathered here at Phnom Penh, Cambodia for a “Forum on WTO and ASEAN: Asian Farmers’ Perspectives in Engaging Intergovernmental Bodiesâ€, this 11th of April 2006, on the occasion of AFA’s Strategic Planning and General […]
Declaration of the members of the South Asian Parliaments assembled in Islamabad, Pakistan, 29-30 August 2005, for the South Asian Parliamentarians Forum on WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Aware that the sixth ministerial meeting of the WTO, which is scheduled from December 13-18,2005 in Hong Kong will have massive consequences for the developing countries as well […]
WTO in Crisis; Groups Offer Alternative Plan to Protect People’s Food Sovereignty Halt Agriculture Negotiations in the WTO! Protect People’s Food Sovereignty! Creating Crisis The governments of both developed and developing countries face the choice of sacrificing the rights of the majority of their populations to food sovereignty and decent employment in return for increased […]
Final statement read in the G-33 meeting. It was read by FSPI as representative of Indonesia farmers, “hoping that the statement will push stronger for G-33 not to accommodate another weak position” AGRICULTURE IS OUR WAY OF LIFE Appeal of Farmers Organisation and Non-Government Organization To All Delegation of G-33 Ministerial Meeting Jakarta, Indonesia 11-12 […]
Declaration of African Civil Society on the Road to 6th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Hong Kong From the 16-19 of August, 2005, organisations of civil society from across Africa, comprising trade unions, farmers organisations, women’s organisations, faith-based organisations and non-governmental organisations, met in Accra under the umbrella of the Africa Trade […]
