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Ms. Marlene Ramirez, AsiaDHRRA Secretary General, has been invited by ASEAN to participate in the Regional Workshop on Social Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis to be held on 8-9 December 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Big thanks to our good friend Jose Osaba of WRF for sharing this info. A good read! Climate change, hunger and poverty, loss of biodiversity, forest destruction, water crises, food safety – what all these threats have in common is that a principal cause for each of them is in the way we produce, trade, [...]

TechTuesday presents this interesting study from Eldis about the mobile phone’s impact in Nigeria’s small businessmen. Can mobile telephony improve commercial supply-chains in developing countries? Informational challenges – absence, uncertainty, asymmetry – shape the working of markets and commerce in many developing countries. This paper is a case study of the impact of mobile telephony [...]

Excerpts from the presentation by farmer partners during the 2nd LSFM RTW. Cambodia Mr. Noun, chicken producer from FNN, presented Cambodia’s experience in marketing dressed chicken. He related that chicken feed during the dry season are not sufficient. They also experience difficulty in transporting the product given the great distances of markets from the farms. [...]

AsiaDHRRA is set to participate in the national Forum entitled Mapping the Road for a Climate Change-Ready PhilDHRRA to be held on Nov. 25, 2009 (Wednesday), 9:00am – 5:00pm, at the Ugnayan Hall PhilDHRRA Partnership Center, #59 C. Salvador St. Loyola Heights, Quezon City*. Specific objectives of the forum are as follow: 1) to present [...]

The Trade Advocates’ Group of which AsiaDHRRA is a member invites you to participate in the Focus Group Discussion and Validation Workshop for all affected sectors, on the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) and the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) to be conducted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 8:30 am-3:30 pm, at the Studio87, [...]

Ms. Marlene Ramirez, AsiaDHRRA Secretary General,  is set to participate in the ASEAN Secretariat Symposium on Stakeholder Involvement to be held on 23 – 25 Nov 2009 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Brainstorming Symposium, organized by ASEAN Secretariat, in coordination with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) will involve leading representatives from the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), officials involved with [...]

High Quality Products at Higher Prices: the Experience of TWADA which was presented by Dr. Wen Chi Hwang, General Secretary of the said organization during the 3rd LSFM RTW, explained about the experience of marketing based on product strength, quality, and competitive advantage. She narrated the history of TWADA as already having started with not [...]

PhilRice invites everybody to a Rice Festival at the Mall of Asia. Join DA-PhilRice in experiencing rice on Nov. 23-26, at SM Mall of Asia Music Hall in celebration of the Rice Awareness Month. With the theme, “The Future is Bright, The Future is Rice,” the event showcases activities that will introduce rice farming to [...]

Ms. Marlene Ramirez and Ms. Lorna David will participate in the AFCSR panel session, entitled “Companies and Communities:  Waging The War Against Poverty” to be held on November 20, 2009  at the  Crowne Plaza Hotel, Manila, Philppines During this session, AIM will introduce the project, Mainstreaming Poverty Alleviation Initiatives among ASEAN-member Countries.  This project, funded [...]

Sharing with you updates on the CSO Parallel Forum of the World Summit on Food Security from our partner WRF, represented by Mr. Jose Osaba. Monday, 16 November, 2009 Early morning greetings from Rome: Since the evening of Friday, 13 November, we have been here taking part in the activities of the parallel forum to [...]

Mr. Nonoy Villas, AsiaDHRRA LSFM Program Manager, will participate in the Orientation on ADB’s Accountability Mechanisms on Nov. 19, 9am – 1pm, at the Discovery Suites, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines. ADB conducts this orientation session to brief stakeholders on the Acccountability Mechanism and to familiarize them with the procedures for accessing OSPF and the [...]

This is a very welcome development in Laos. Vientiane Times, 13 Nov 2009 Individuals who want to set up a non-profit organisation can now apply for a licence through the Public Administration and Civil Servant Authority. State Administration Development Department Deputy Director General, Mr Ampha Simmasone, confirmed this week the department was ready to accept [...]

On November 18, 2009, a consortium of civil society organizations (CSOs), involving PhilDHRRA, PDAP, CARRD, NATCCO, NAGKASAMA Multi-purpose Cooperative, and MUSICO, with support from Agriterra and CODE-NGO, will hold a forum entitled: Sugar Industry Stakeholders Forum on 2010 Tariff Reduction in Quezon City, Philippnes. This forum aims to generate a consensus position and policy recommendations [...]

By Mr. David Hitchcock, Agribusiness and Infrastructure Officer, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Mr. Hitchcock’s presentation focused on the macro-side or larger picture of agribusiness, which is an important aspect to understand about agriculture. There are real differences between small holders (small farmers) and the agri-businessmen and recent sector trends and impacts [...]