As you celebrate the glory of this season, may your home be filled with love, peace, and joy. And may these blessings follow you throughout the coming year. Happy holidays from the AFA family!
Jakarta, 4 April 2019Â – As a country with 24 million small-scale farmers, agriculture is one of the main issues for President Joko Widodo’s administration. Recognizing the importance of down-to-earth diplomacy having a direct impact on society, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs strengthens Indonesian agricultural diplomacy by hosting a conference which focusing on family farming and […]
The Group brought together experts from ASEAN and beyond to provide critical input to key regional guiding documents The Mekong Expert Group on Agroforestry for Food and Nutrition Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Land Restoration was formed in early 2018 with support from the Swedish Agriculture Network Initiative (SIANI) to help address major land-use challenges in the ten […]
In Bangladesh, there is a rampant use of hazardous pesticides in preserving sea fish. These chemical-coated fish are consumed by people all throughout the country and its byproducts are made into poultry feeds. Through MTCP2, four dry fish producer groups have been formed to produce dried fish without using pesticides. After going through theoretical and […]
AgriCOOPh welcomed 22 Vietnamese delegates from the German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation (DGRV) on January 6-11, 2019 for a week-long Advanced Training and Learning Visit in the Philippines. The activity aimed to deliver advanced training for selected staff of provincial cooperative alliances of Vietnam. The delegates traveled to Batangas for a two-day study visit in […]
Over 70 participants representing various cooperatives in the Philippines as well as partner organizations participated in the Organic Rice and Fertilizer Value Chain Forum 2018 at Max’s Restaurant, Scout Tuazon, Quezon City, Philippines on 28-29 November 2018. The forum presented key discussions on the commercialization of organic rice and organic fertilizers, scaling up production and marketing […]
During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the Philippines this November, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed on to 29 agreements with China covering among others, loans for infrastructure and joint exploration of the West Philippine Sea for oil and gas. Indigenous Peoples (IP) from Quezon and Rizal provinces trooped to the Chinese Embassy on […]
Coconut farmers, farmer organizations, government representatives, cooperatives, and entrepreneurs from Indonesia gathered in Indonesia on 24-25 October 2018 for the two-day learning exchange on coconut value chain. For this ASEAN Exchange Visit themed “Strengthening the Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in the Coconut Value Chain Management and Job Creations in Rural Areas”, the delegates visited Purworejo […]
