Around 250 Filipino farmers and fisher’s organizations, Philippine government, civil society organizations, development partners and farmer an fisher’s organizations from ASEAN member countries will gather on 27-28 November 2017 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Headquarters in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila to celebrate the fourth year of the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) through […]
Establishing Policies and Programs Providing Greater Incentives to Smallholder /family Farmers and their organizations for greater gender, generational and social equity, food security, and economic development, biodiversity and climate mitigation and adaptation, and better governance We, representatives of a broad spectrum of national farmers and fishers organization and Civil Society Organizations and International Organizations assembled […]
Representatives from farmer organizations in Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia and the Pacific, international partners, and civil society organizations gathered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India on 6-10 October 2017 for the Expanded 3rd MTCP2 Regional Steering Committee Meeting. The RSC opened with an interfaith prayer delivered by Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), followed by welcome […]
Around 90 women farmers and representatives of rural women from 14 countries in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific regions came up with a declaration at the end of the three-day Asia-Pacific Women Farmers Forum (APWFF) held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India on 4-6 October 2017. Aimed to make appreciation for women farmers in addressing […]
We are women farmer leaders from 13 countries gathered here for the Asia Pacific Women Farmers Forum, held October 4-6, 2017 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Here we discussed about the initiatives we take to reduce poverty and hunger in our families and communities, the challenges and obstacles we face as we perform our roles in […]
Good practices on seeds preservation took center stage at the recently concluded Knowledge Management (KM) Fair during the South Asia Sub-Regional Steering Committee Meeting held in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on 22-25 August 2017. Bangladesh entry entitled “Community Seed Bank: Ensuring farmers’ seed sovereignty” bagged the most number of votes at the “Marketplace of Good Practices” […]
GOOD PRACTICES Bangladesh Community Seed Bank: Ensuring farmers’ seed sovereignty Enhancing farmers and fishers’ capacity to improve their livelihood through community radio Pesticide-Free Dry Fish Production: Ensuring income, reducing health risks Nepal MTCP2 Nepal’s suggestions incorporated on the draft Right to Food Bill Nepal forms National Farmers Commission through the intervention of farmers & MTCP2 […]
