Archive for September, 2008

Happy Eid 2008! »

By on Sep 28, 2008 in DHRRA News | 0 Comments

Young NorthDHRRAs share OJT experiences »

By 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 [...]

Vietnamese rice farmers relieved over gov’t decision to buy surplus rice »

By 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 [...]

KAFF commemorates Lee Kyung Hae’s 5th death anniversary »

By 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 [...]

Ryoko visits AsiaDHRRA »

By 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 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 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 [...]

Use leaf color chart to save on fertilizer use »

By on Sep 5, 2008 in Farm Technology | 2 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 [...]

An agenda for domination – Latin America’s FTAs with the European Union »

By 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 [...]