Mr. Long Dimanche, Secretary of Farmer Nature Net (FNN), a farmer-organization in Cambodia practicing sustainable agriculture and an AFA member, will present AFA’s alternative marketing experiences in a regional conference in Bali, Indonesia on May 9-12, 2006.
Organized by VREDESEILANDEN, a Belgian NGO into sustainable agriculture operating in 13 countries, in collaboration with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Office (FAO), the “Sub-Regional Seminar on Enhancing Capacity of NGOs and Farmers Groups in Linking Farmers to Markets†aims to provide a venue for discussing and articulating on the pressing issues and concerns on agricultural marketing and how best NGOs and farmer groups can enhance their roles in assisting their small farmer beneficiaries to ensure greater returns from their produce.
Dimanche will share AFA’s initiatives on assisting small farmers to gain access to credit and capital in the seminar. A day will be devoted in the four day seminar specially for sharing of experience of NGOs from different countries in the Southeast region.
AFA draws a lot of lessons on agricultural production, marketing and trading from its Farmer Exchange Visits conducted since 2001. Members like TWADA, KAFF, and FNN have good experiences in alternative trading, while AFA itself has initiatives in advocacy and education on fair trade at the regional level.
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