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PAKISAMA Statement on the Assassination of Renato Penas, National Vice-President

Asian Farmers Association -
Jun 6
PAKISAMA condemns in strongest possible terms the dastardly and cowardly assassination of our leader, Renato Penas (51) last night, around […]
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PAKISAMA leader ambushed! (updated)

Asian Farmers Association -
Jun 6
Renato Penas, Vice-President of PAKISAMA, was ambushed dead by unidentified gunmen at 11:00 PM yesterday, on the way to his […]
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New book asserts farmer-led sustainable agriculture key to food security

Asian Farmers Association -
Jun 5
Food security and poverty alleviation is possible, thanks to an agricultural system that puts the interests of the small farmers […]
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Report: Climate change crisis ‘catastrophic’

Asian Farmers Association -
Jun 2
LONDON, England (CNN) — The first comprehensive report into the human cost of climate change warns the world is in […]
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Commentary: Bringing Agriculture to the Climate Change Negotiating Table

Asian Farmers Association -
Jun 1
Since international climate change negotiations began in the early 1990s, agriculture has been largely overlooked. This omission was perhaps understandable, […]
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AFA joins negotiations for IFAD medium term cooperation program

Asian Farmers Association -
May 29
AFA, as a regional farmers’ organization, and 3 member organizations from Southeast Asian countries participated in the negotiations on the […]
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Think Before You Eat, Agriculture and the Environment

Asian Farmers Association -
May 14
Farmers claim to be stewards of the environment, some would say it’s best friend; others, its worst enemy. The truth […]
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Issue paper discusses climate change impact on Asian agriculture

Asian Farmers Association -
May 10
Our unsustainable way of life is causing a crisis in our environment at a global scale. Climate change is threatening […]
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