View more photos here Co–organized by Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Collectif Strategies Alimentairies (CSA)Agricord BACKGROUND The World Agriculture Watch (WAW) is an international initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Government of France and the French Agricultural Research […]
Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) will conduct its 8th General Assembly back-to-back with consultations on family farming and professional farmers organizations, ASEAN Learning Series and MTCP2 Southeast Asia Sub-Regional Steering Committee Meeting on 24-31 May 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. Below is the schedule of activities. Click the hyperlink for more detailed programme […]
Women play a vital role in the production and preservation of seeds. They contribute significantly to the improvement of local seed system in Bangladesh and in other South Asian countries. However, this critical job is only considered as marginal and support function, and men continue to dominate the seed sector. To transition into entrepreneurial roles, […]
The eight SAARC member countries were present at the recently concluded “Learning Exchange on Community Engagement on Seed Sovereignty for Resilient Agriculture in South Asia” held in Dhaka and in Rural Development Academy (RDA) in Bogura, Bangladesh. Government representatives from eight SAARC countries and four Farmer Organization (FO) representatives participated in the workshop. Also present […]
51ST ADB ANNUAL MEETING Civil Society Program The Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in Helping Reduce Poverty in Asia and the Pacific Learning with Partners (Asian Farmers’ Association, AgriTerra, and AsiaDHRRA) AFA, Agriterra, and AsiaDHRRA will hold a learning session on the role of agricultural cooperatives in helping reduce poverty in Asia and the Pacific at […]
Join us for the International Civil Society Conference on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Agriculture and Fisheries in Cameroon, September 11– 13th 2018! Objectives for the conference There are several good reasons for organizing such a conference. The main objectives for the conference are: To show that agroecology and other forms of sustainable agriculture and […]
Civil society organizations from Asia and the Pacific concluded a two-day meeting today in Nadi, Fiji, where FAO is convening the 34th Regional Conference for Asia Pacific – #APRC34. The CSO consultation aims to concentrate positions among the civil society organizations in anticipation of their contributions to discussions at the APRC – a biennial gathering of some […]
MTCP2 Cambodia member farmer organization (FOs) joined the agri-product exhibition during the River Festival on 9-11 March 2018 in Takmao City, Kandal province in Cambodia. AFOSP-MTCP2 is a capacity building program funded by the European Union with co-financing from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. It is being […]
