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AsiaDHRRA has been tapped by the ASEAN Secretariat to anchor the drafting process of the ASEAN Rural Development and Poverty Eradication Framework Action Plan (RDPE FAP) for 2011-2015.  We are facilitating, together with our national CSO partners and in coordination with the national ASEAN SOMRDPE Focal Points, a series of national consultations this month of [...]

You are most welcome to participate in the three wonderful workshops we are holding today (May 04, 2011) in partnership with various Asian NGOs at the ACSC/APF 2011. The three workshops will be held from  09:00AM – 6:30PM at the Hotel Ciputra, Jakarta, Indonesia. The 3 workshops are: Agriculture and the Peasantry in ASEAN: Challenges [...]

The workshop on Agriculture and the Peasantry in ASEAN: Challenges and Way Forward (co-organized by Asiadhrra with API, SPI, SP, BINA DESA, AFA, APNFS, LRAN) will discuss the challenges facing agriculture and peasantry in the ASEAN Region in the context of food sovereignty and land reform. Download the Agriculture in ASEAN workshop program here…

The IYFF campaign continues to ramp up with more and more organizations and states signing up and  pledging support.  Join us in this campaign to make Family Farming an important focus worldwide and a viable alternative to corporate farms. Here are the latest updates sent by Mr. Jose Osaba of the WRF. 315 farmers and [...]

Ms. Miren Larrea, WRF Program Officer had a short visit at the AsiaDHRRA office on March 21, 2011 to update the secretariat on the recent activities  and news about the IYFF campaign. AFA secretariat and Pakisama also joined the lively sharing. Visit the IYFF website at www.familyfarmingcampaign.net for the latest news on the campaign

The WRF, together with AFA, AsiaDHRRA, and CIFA as the host partner, are organizing an IYFF Asia Continental strategy meeting, to be held in New Delhi, March 23-24, 2010. The participants will be Asian Farmers’ organisations supporting the IYFF Campaign as well as representatives of national and international policy makers. The aim of the Continental [...]

Together with other CSOs, AsiaDHRRA joined the march to call for climate justice last October 5, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand in line with the climate negotiations at the UNFCCC talks. AsiaDHRRA also joined the CSO strategy session on October 4, 2009 convened by Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) entitled “Agriculture in Global Climate [...]

The road to regional economic integration of ASEAN countries has been undermined by the lack of a social dimension that should have put people first in addressing the impacts of the global financial crisis on the vulnerable sectors. While ASEAN and its member countries have succeeded in taking a more active positioning as a regional [...]

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AsiaDHRRA is co-organizing the Regional Conference on the Impact of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis to the Vulnerable Sectors in the Region: Civil Society Voices and ASEAN to be held on July 28-29, 2009 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The regional dialogue seeks to strengthen a constructive civil society interaction with ASEAN and policy makers in [...]

ASEAN-FAO Regional Conference on Food Security Bangkok, 27 – 28 May 2009 Summary of CSO Statement The civil society participants in this gathering are committed to work with ASEAN and member states in addressing food security concern of the poor and marginalised, especially the vulnerable landless and resource-poor women and men farmers and fishers. Addressing [...]

Here’s a nicely written and thoughtful article by our very own Ms. Marlene  Ramirez , about how the CSD17 process can be made truly relevant to the small producers. This was originally published in Outreach Issues – May 12 Issue. Ms. Marlene is currently participating in the CSD17 in New York. As a development advocate [...]

AsiaDHRRA with RDWG inFAORAP Bangkok AsiaDHRRA actively participated in the recently concluded 29th Regional Conference for Asia and The Pacific (FAORAP Conference) held last  March  26-31, in Bangkok, Thailand. The Rural Development Working Group composed of AsiaDHRRA  AFA, Action Aid, East Asia Working Group, Focus on the Global South, Pesticide Action Network in Asia and [...]

A Letter to Bina Swadaya Community TONY LEDESMA(1929-2009), MAN OF DIALOGUE: The Power of Networking by Bambang Ismawan In the 40th anniversary celebration of Bina Swadaya, a book entitled Menuju Indonesia Swadaya (Towards Self-Reliance of Indonesia) written by Eka Budianta was launched.  We found in it a figure named DR. ANTONIO L. LEDESMA (80 years [...]