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Archive for September, 2008
Young NorthDHRRAs share OJT experiences »
By Jet Hermida on Sep 25, 2008 in DHRRA News | 0 Comments
North DHRRA OJTs – Yeo Joung Suh (KoDHRRA), Sung Wei Huang (TaiwanDHRRA), Ryoko Tsuboi (JaDHRRA) and Shui Tsai (TaiwanDHRRA) had a fruitful sharing session last September 12, 2008 about OJT life, their insights and its impact on their personal life. They also shared their reflection about their own DHRRAs and AsiaDHRRA.
The session proved to be [...]
Vietnamese rice farmers relieved over gov’t decision to buy surplus rice »
By Jet Hermida on Sep 22, 2008 in Food Security, News Clippings | 0 Comments
HA NOI — Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai yesterday required relevant bodies to continue buying rice from farmers and to speed up rice exports in a move to minimise difficulties for farmers.
At an inter-ministerial meeting, the Deputy PM also said management of rice export prices should be flexible, and said he required the Ministry [...]
KAFF commemorates Lee Kyung Hae’s 5th death anniversary »
By Jet Hermida on Sep 20, 2008 in AFA, News Clippings | 0 Comments
By Kang, Min Su, AFA
The Korean Advanced Farmers Federation’s (KAFF) commemoration of Lee Kyung Hae’s 5th death anniversary ended successfully.
The commemoration was organized in order to remember the farmer-leader’s sacrifice. Special rites were held before Lee Kyung Hae’s grave in his hometown.
Through these events, KAFF hopes that the public will remember Lee Kyung Hae’s sacrifices [...]
Ryoko visits AsiaDHRRA »
By Jet Hermida on Sep 16, 2008 in DHRRA News | 0 Comments
Ryoko Tsuboi, formerly JaDHRRA OJT in AsiaDHRRA visited the secretariat last September 10, 2008 on her way to Bikol to accompany Ms. Chiaki Inoko who, as part of her research study, spent a one- week exposure visit in the Foundation of our Lady of Fatima Center (FACE), a PhilDHRRA member NGO in Camarines Sur, Philippines [...]
Mobile film-making tutorials »
By Jet Hermida on Sep 9, 2008 in ICT and Small Farmers | 0 Comments
TechTuesday presents this online tutorials to spice up your film-making skills. MobileJamFest has four online tutorials on mobile filmmaking which walk viewers through the process of planning, shooting, and editing a video.
Click here to view the tutorials.
AsiaDHRRA welcomes newest intern, Mr. Sung Wei Huang »
By Jet Hermida on Sep 8, 2008 in DHRRA News | 0 Comments
AsiaDHRRA gladly welcomes Mr. Huang Sung Wei, its newest intern from Taiwan. Sung Wei will undergo a two-month intership program in the AsiaDHRRA Secretariat Office in Manila, Philippines. His learning objectives for the period include;
Gaining a deep understanding of AsiaDHRRA and AFA operations
Deepen understanding of the project“Linking Small Farmers to Market”
Research about market intermediation projects [...]
Use leaf color chart to save on fertilizer use »
By Jet Hermida on Sep 5, 2008 in Farm Technology | 0 Comments
FarmFriday brings your this expense saving tip from PhilRICE
A common practice among farmers is to routinely apply 3-4 bags N fertilizer during panicle initiation.
This is not entirely a wrong practice, according to Ms. Evelyn Javier, soil scientist of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). “It is crucial for rice at this stage to have the [...]
An agenda for domination – Latin America’s FTAs with the European Union »
By Jet Hermida on Sep 3, 2008 in Agriculture and Globalization, News Clippings | 0 Comments
For HungerWednesday, we found this article from GRAIN, which is very informative reading in the light of the impnding ASEAN FTA with EU…
The European Union is promoting “association agreements” or “cooperation agreements” with Latin American countries. These agreements appear weaker and more flexible than the equivalent agreements that the USA is signing with countries [...]
