By Jet Hermida on Feb 28, 2008 in AFA, ICT and Small Farmers, News Clippings | 0 Comments
The Indonesian Peasant Alliance is currently implementing an ICT capability building training for its member farmers;
Based on the endeavor to enhance farmers and their households’ capacity to access to information technology (IT), API in cooperation with Formasi Indonesia has been conducting Community Training Center (CTC) Program starting from August 2007. The objective of the program [...]
By Jet Hermida on Feb 27, 2008 in AFA | 0 Comments
Following the 21st AFA Execom meeting in Bangkok, Thailand last December 22, 2007, AFA announced that it will hold its third general assembly in Korea on February 28 to March 3, 2008, to be hosted by the Korean Advanced Farmers’ Federation (KAFF).
February 28 will be the celebration of AFA Day with a field visit to [...]
By Jet Hermida on Feb 26, 2008 in Farm Technology, ICT and Small Farmers | 0 Comments
Its TechTuesday once again and searching high and low, we found this interesting video made by the good people of IRRI on rice farming. The video blurb says ”
Produced by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI, Philippines), CAB International (CABI, UK), and the Rural Development Academy (RDA, Bogra, Bangladesh), this is one of four in [...]
By admin on Feb 24, 2008 in LSFM-ASEAN | 0 Comments
The LSFM Project Advisory Committee (LSFM PAC) held its first meeting today in Partnership Center, Quezon City, Philippines. Present were advisers Mr. Senen Bacani, Ms. Nerlie Manalili, Rene Guarin of UMFI, Ms. Esther Penunia of AFA, Ms. Marlene Ramirez, Lorna David and Lany Rebagay of AsiaDHRRA and Mr. Sim Kong, Mr. Oum Savin and Mr. [...]
By Jet Hermida on Feb 23, 2008 in Farm Technology, News Clippings, Rural Poverty in SEA, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
Couples get old, and so do their children. Soon they will marry, leave the house, and leave their parents in their solitary house. In much the same way, their parents get to appreciate plants, gardening, and everything that is green.
Silveria and Danilo Rivero of Isabela City in Basilan are such parents. They spend their days [...]
By Jet Hermida on Feb 23, 2008 in LSFM-ASEAN | 0 Comments
LSFM is holding a Project Management Team Meeting on February 22-23, in Quezon City, Philippines to discuss plans and targets for the year 2008 and to clarify project management and finance reporting requirements. PhilDHRRA and CEDAC presented their revised plans and targets during the meeting.
By Jet Hermida on Feb 21, 2008 in DHRRA Members, DHRRA News | 0 Comments
DHRRA Malaysia’s website is now up and running. Learn how their community training centers are proving to be effective in empowering Indian communities in Malaysia.
By admin on Feb 18, 2008 in Website advisory | 0 Comments
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By Jet Hermida on Feb 6, 2008 in AsiaDHRRA Programs, LSFM-ASEAN | 0 Comments
A Team composed of Ms. Marlene Ramirez, Secretary General of AsiaDHRRA, Ms. Ma. Elena Rebagay, Program Manager and Mr. Nonoy Villas, Project Coordinator of Linking Small Farmers to Markets visited and conducted an In-Country LSFM Project Orientation Meetings with anchor organizations in the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam during the period January 18 to 27, 2008.
The [...]
By admin on Feb 4, 2008 in DHRRA News | 0 Comments
By Jet Hermida on Feb 1, 2008 in News Clippings, Small Farmers to Market, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
The central finding of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) report on the Bank’s agricultural programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa between 1991 and 2006 was that the Bank, donors and governments have neglected agriculture. What limited Bank activity there has been has performed “below par”. In the period studied, the Bank channelled $2.8 billion in investment lending [...]
