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 […]
Coffee farmers from members of the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) in Southeast Asia namely AFFM, LFN, API, and FNN participate in the ASEAN Learning Series and Policy Engagement on Agricultural Cooperative (ALSPEAC): Inclusive Agricultural Value Chain for Coffee held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 19-21 July 2017. The forum provided a venue for farmers organizations involved […]
September 11, 2016, Kavre, Nepal — The consortium Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and La Via Campesina (LVC), regional implementing agencies (RIA) of the Medium Term Cooperation Program Phase 2 (MTCP2), concluded here a three-day retooling and planning workshop for the remaining one and a half years of implementation in four countries, […]
[7th AFA GA, Hanoi, Vietnam, 5 August 2016 (c) AFA 2016] AFA has approved a new strategic plan for 2016-2020 during its 7th general assembly held last August 5 in Hanoi, Vietnam. It includes a definition of AFA’s nature and a revision of its vision and mission statement and peasant agenda. The strategic plan was […]
(c) Esther Penunia/AFA July 24, 2016. Yangon Myanmar . The Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) in partnership with its mother trade union Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM) and its regional farmer organization Asian Farmers Association (AFA), organized a two day national farmers forum last July 23-24, 2016 in Yangon, Myanmar. The forum […]
Yangon, Myanmar – The Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) in partnership with its mother trade union Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM) and its regional farmer organization Asian Farmers Association (AFA), organized a two day national farmers forum last July 23-24, 2016 in Yangon, Myanmar. The forum brought together 150 participants from farmer […]
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