YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA – On October 20, 2018, 84 farmer leaders from 21 countries, representing 38 million small scale farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, herders and pastoralists, met with the 37 staff of the IFAD Asia and Pacific Region Division in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for the first Asia Pacific Region Farmers Forum (FAFO). The Forum was held in conjunction with […]
MTC2 Southeast Asia conducted a sub-regional steering committee at Cakra Kusuma Hotel in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 18 October 2018 mainly to discuss about the EU verification report, SIS mission preparation, MIS as well as give a pre-briefing for the Asia-Pacific Farmers Forum. View more photos here
“Some people joined our group just long enough to learn how to make soap, and then they started producing and selling soap directly to our customers for a lower price without telling the rest of us! That really damaged our customers’ trust in us,” recalls Ms. Phonevilay, looking slightly frustrated about the recent events. So […]
Women farmers from South Asia as well as development partners gather in Bhubaneswar, India on 5-7 September 2018 for a regional expert consultation on “Women’s Empowerment for Agriculture Development in South Asia: enabling polices”. The event is jointly organized by the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), Action Aid […]
The Asian NGO Coalition – For Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) became the latest partner of AFA as part of its Land Matrix Initiative that tackles the issues of Large-Scale Land Acquisition (LSLA). This collaboration was done as an exchange of information for Land Matrix Asia and the ninth and tenth commitment based initiative […]
Farmers and farmer representatives from 11 states of India came to Gujarat for a 3-day National Farmers Forum on 5-7 July 2018. The National Farmers Forum is a partnership of Farmer Organizations across 15 States of India ceaselessly working towards the betterment of small and marginal farmers. Watch this video to see the highlights of […]
MTCP2, a programme implemented by the consortium Asian Farmers’ Association and La Via Campesina, was showcased in the Mekong Hub Knowledge and Learning Fair 2018 (MKLF) held at Centara Sandy Beach Resort in Da Nang, Vietnam on 3-6 July 2018. The MKLF, an activity hosted by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, featured Knowledge Learning […]
By August 2018, more than 30 ILC members from more than 15 countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America will be actively participating in the ILC Leadership Programme. Organisational leadership is a critical element in building a durable, capable and effective civil society organisation; an organisation that is equipped to support the ILC’s joint goal in realising people-centred land […]
