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A seminar on entrepreneurship was organized by DHRRA Malaysia in collaboration with Puchong Indian Women Welfare Society. Around 80 entrepreneurs participated in this program. 40 of the participants took part in the sewing class while the rest attended the session on grooming (persolekan). Read more about exciting empowering activities that DHRRA Malaysia is conducting…

IFAD Philippines’ new Country Programme Manager Mr. Youqiong Wang dropped by Asiadhrra office for a quick visit. He was accompanied by Mr. Sana Jatta, IFAD Country Manager for Asia and the Pacific  and Mr. Yolando C. Arban, CPO- IFAD Philippines Country Office. Asiadhrra expressed appreciation for IFAD’s continued engagement with various Asian CSOs and reiterated [...]

Today is the birthday of  our dear departed founder Dok Tony. Our heartfelt prayers for his peaceful rest and our deep appreciation also for his hard work, vision and advocacy for the rural poor as manifested today in the development work that the DHRRAs undertake in various partnerships with the rural peoples of Asia. The [...]

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

Ms. Marlene Ramirez has been invited to participate in the 2 day regional workshop on “Supporting Southern-European alliances/platforms on ARD” under the Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) of the European Union.  The workshop is is being held from Wednesday 16th March to Thursday 17th March and is hosted by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), [...]

Ms. Marlene Ramirez, Asiadhrra Secretary General is participating in the Joint FAO/Civil Society Planning-cum-Team Building Meeting being held on 11 and 12 March at the Royal Princess Hotel, Larn Luang, Larn Luang Road 269, Watsommanut, Bangkok, Thailand The proposed CSO-FAO Joint Planning meeting is expected to allow the core members (or Team members) of the [...]

Ms. Marlene Ramirez, Asiadhrra Secretary-General is participating in the Regional Consultation on Policy and Programmatic Actions to Address High Food Prices in Asia and the Pacific Region being held at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 10 March 2011. “High level agriculture, trade and finance representatives from 20 Asia [...]

Mr. Zaw Zaw Han, Chairman of Ever Green Group – Social Enterprise Partnership for Development, a member of MyanDHRRA dropped by our office for a visit after attending the CSO Forum on AFCC held in Manila on March 1, 2011. Mr. Han and Asiadhrra staff had a fruitful discussion as they discussed the activities of [...]

Ms. Dwi Astuti, Binadesa Executive Director and AsiaDHRRA Vice-Chairperson for Southeast Asia sub-region, participated in the CSO Forum on AFCC held in Manila on March 1, 2011. She presented AsiaDHRRA’s proposal for the establishment of ASEAN Peoples’ Field School on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, a small-scale producer focused regional knowledge management mechanism. Ms. Dwi [...]

To our readers who have been requesting for assistance in purchasing the maligaya flatbed dryer, here’s the updated contact details of the program manager in charge of the machines. Apologies for the bad links in our posts on maligaya flat bed dryer, it seems like PhilRice Online revamped their website and put in new permalinks [...]

The proceedings of the Third Global Meeting of the Farmer’s Forum can now be accessed here.  Ms. Marlene Ramirez, Asiadhrra Secretary General was a panelist on the forum entitled “How to help farmers’ organisations provide adequate services to their members?” where she presented Asiadhrra’s experiences: Asia DHRRA is a regional partnership of networks and organizations [...]

We are releasing another downloadable ebook for your reading pleasure, this time about the Implications of the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) on the livelihood and welfare of small stakeholders in Philippine agriculture and industry This research on ATIGA was anchored by AsiaDHRRA for the Trade Advocacy Group (TAG) and was undertaken by Ms. [...]