By admin on Dec 5, 2011 in DHRRA News, FAO, FAO CSO, Food Security, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Asiadhrra is set to participate in a forum on food security sponsored by FAO RAP. The Forum entitled, “Nutrition-Sensitive Food Production Systems for Sustainable Food Security” will take place on December 7-8, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand, at Conference Hall of the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Asiadhrra will be joined by participants [...]
By admin on Jul 5, 2011 in FAO, FAO CSO, News Clippings | 0 Comments
Asiadhrra warmly welcomes the recent election of José Graziano da Silva from Brazil as the new director general of FAO. “He received a total of 92 votes out of 180 votes cast, winning over former Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé, who received 88 votes. There were no abstentions. The election took place on [...]
By admin on Mar 11, 2011 in DHRRA News, FAO CSO | 0 Comments
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 [...]
By admin on Mar 10, 2011 in DHRRA News, FAO CSO, Food Security, Hunger and Poverty | 0 Comments
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 [...]
By admin on Feb 14, 2011 in Agriculture and Globalization, DHRRA News, FAO CSO | 0 Comments
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 [...]
By admin on Oct 4, 2010 in Agriculture and Globalization, DHRRA News, FAO CSO, Press Releases | 0 Comments
We, seventy ( 70) representatives of organizations of small farmers, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, rural women, pastoralists, youth, cooperatives, and NGOs from Asian Civil Society met from September 27-28 for the CSO parallel consultation to the 30th FAO-Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Gyeongju, Korea. We discussed the critical issues affecting global food security namely: climate change [...]
By admin on Sep 29, 2010 in Agriculture and Globalization, ASEAN, DHRRA News, FAO CSO, Global Financial Crisis, Regional Integration in Agriculture | 0 Comments
The following presentations given during the second day (Sept. 28) of the CSO Parallel Meeting to the 30th FAO-APRC held in Gyeongju, Korea are now available for download over at the event website http://csomtgfaoaprckorea.blogspot.com/ Plenary Session 4: The Global Food and Financial Crisis: Lessons and the Way Forward Grassroots Strategies to address the crisis: An [...]
By admin on Sep 27, 2010 in Agriculture and Globalization, DHRRA News, FAO CSO, Food Security | 0 Comments
The following presentations given during the first day (Sept. 27) of the CSO Parallel Meeting to the 30th FAO-APRC held in Gyeongju, Korea are now available for download over at the event website http://csomtgfaoaprckorea.blogspot.com/ Opening Session Opening Message by AHC Hunger for Justice and the Struggle of Peasants for Land and Reform by Danilo “Ka [...]
By admin on Sep 24, 2010 in DHRRA News, FAO CSO | 0 Comments
AsiaDHRRA is set to participate in the CSO Parallel Consultation held in conjunction with the 30th FAO-Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea on September 27-October 1, 2010. The consultation will bring together representatives of farmers, fisherfolk, Indigenous Peoples, rural women, rural youth, cooperatives, NGOs and other civil society organizations, to discuss the [...]
By admin on Aug 15, 2010 in FAO CSO, News Clippings | 0 Comments
Download the Synthesis of Deliberations of the Third Meeting of the Farmers’ Forum held in Rome on February 15th-16th 2010 Learn more about the Third Farmers’ Forum here… What is the Farmers’ Forum?
By admin on Jul 19, 2010 in DHRRA News, FAO CSO, Press Releases | 0 Comments
The full text of the CSO Statement put forward during the Investment Forum for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific held in Manila from 7 to 9 July 2010 can now be viewed and downloaded at the CSO Side Event Activity Blog. The CSO Statement was born out of a very challenging process, given [...]
By admin on May 20, 2010 in DHRRA News, FAO CSO, Food Security | 0 Comments
Have a look-see at the website of the FAO Civil Society Regional Consultation on Food Security in Asia and the Pacific Region. Available for download are the consultation proceedings, various documents and presentations during the activity. You can also view the activity photos. The overall objective of the regional Civil Society consultations was to agree [...]
