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Asiadhrra participates in international agri seminar on FO participation

By on November 30, 2012 in DHRRA News, Farmers' Exchanges

Asiadhrra was invited to present on  the involvement of farmers’ organizations in public programs during the International Agricultural Seminar entitled “How to Better Involve Farmers’ Organizations in Agricultural Public Programs? “ held on November 28th-29th2012, at the Auditorium International,  International Trade Union House Boulevard du Roi Albert II, No. 5 / 2 B-1210 Brussels.  The event was organized by Collectif Stratégies Alimentaires (CSA).

Ms. Marlene Ramirez, Asiadhrra Secretary-General  presented the highlights of the Knowledge Management Learning Session that was recently co-organized together with AFA, CSA, and FNN.

Asia participation was also through Mr. Dinh Nguyen of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VNFU) and Mr. Cesar Belangel of PAKISAMA, a national farmers’ federation in the Philippines.

Download the PPT (right click, “save link as…”): Supporting Inclusive Planning of country projects financed by (GAFSP) – Asiadhrra presentation

Download the Seminar Program

Visit CSA website..

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Asiadhrra participates in the 4th Farmers Forum

By on March 4, 2012 in DHRRA News, FAO, Farmers' Exchanges

IFAD 4th Farmers ForumMs. Marlene Ramirez, representing the Asiadhrra network, joined the Fourth Meeting of the Farmers Forum (FAFO)  held on Feburary 20-21, 2012 at the IFAD Headquarters in Rome, Italy.

The Farmers’ Forum “is an on-going, bottom-up process of consultation and dialogue between small farmers’ and rural producers’ organizations (FOs), IFAD and governments, focused on agricultural and rural development and poverty reduction. The Forum is rooted in concrete partnerships and collaborations at the country and regional levels. The Farmers’ Forum was born in 2005 and it meets every two years for a global consultation, in conjunction with the Governing Council of IFAD.

The Fourth Farmers’ Forum highlighted the importance of the participation of the youth in agriculture by  “inviting young farmers and representatives of rural youth movements [to the meeting]…..to share experiences and views of young rural people from different regions and to contribute to the formulation of successful policies and programmes.”

More info on the Fourth Farmers’ Forum here….

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GIZ Seminar: The Future of Smallholder Farming in Agribusiness – June 2011

By on April 20, 2011 in Agriculture and Globalization, Family Farming, Farm Technology, Farmers' Exchanges, Food Security

Click to download the training program and registration formOur friends at GIZ Thailand sent out this invite for a regional training they will conduct on June 21-25, 2011 in Krabi, Thailand dubbed “The Future of Smallholder Farming in Agribusiness“.

Agriculture must produce more from less, and do so in an environmentally sustainable, efficient and socially just manner. The GIZ partnership farming approach provides a holistic and long-term sustainable solution, through investment in farm system management, capacitybuilding, production modernization and strengthened linkages between production and market demand.

This four-day event offers a unique opportunity to those seeking to improve the performance of their organizations in promoting and assisting in the development of smallholder farming. Participants will gain insight from experienced GIZ experts from across South and Southeast Asia and will benefit from avaluable exchange of experiences through the joint resolution of participants’ unique challenges.

Click to download the program and registration form….

For more information and registration, please visit their website: www.thai-german-cooperation.info/giz_trainings_agribusiness.html

 

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IYFF Africa Continental Meeting Booklet

By on April 18, 2011 in Agriculture and Globalization, Family Farming, Farmers' Exchanges, Food Security

IYFF Africa Continental Meeting BookletOur friends at WRF is sharing the results of the IYFF Africa Continental Meeting held on 24 October 2010 in Lilongwe, Malawi.

Click to download/read the pdf…

Read more about the IYFF African Continental Meeting here….

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IYFF Asia Continental Meeting Booklet

By on June 22, 2010 in Agriculture and Globalization, Farmers' Exchanges, Press Releases, Publications

IYFF AsiaOur friends at WRF  is sharing the results of the IYFF Asia Continental Meeting held in New Delhi, India on 23-25 March, 2010. The booklet contains the speeches, country and regional presentations and pictures of the event.

We’re a bit proud to say that we had a little hand in the production as WRF entrusted us with the design and layout of the booklet.

Download it now!

Learn more about the Campaign for the International Year of Family Farming

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WRF organizes IYFF Asia Continental Strategy Meeting in New Delhi

By on March 21, 2010 in Agriculture and Globalization, Alternative Regional Integration, DHRRA News, Farmers' Exchanges

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 meeting is to discuss issues related to the IYFF Campaign: how to involve more and more governments and civil society, how to reach a common understanding of the main issues and challenges of Family Farming, and the probable outstanding activities and benefits of the IYFF, once it is declared by the UN General Assembly.

About the Organizers

The Association for Development World Rural Forum –WRF-, is a worldwide network, a non-profit making entity whose main objective is the promotion of sustainable family agriculture and the rural environment in the context of globalization.

The WRF is coordinating the worldwide campaign for an International Year of Family Farming –IYFF- (www.familyfarmingcampaign.net).

AFA -Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development- is a regional alliance of 9 farmer federations in 8 Asian countries, representing 10 million of small men and women farmers.

AsiaDHRRA -Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia- a regional partnership of 11 social development networks and organizations in 10 Asian nations that envisions Asian rural communities that are just, free, prosperous, living in peace and working in solidarity towards self-reliance- is the Regional representative of WRF’s Asian Network in the Board of directors.

CIFA-The Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations, is an organization created to represent the farming sector, before the Government of India, the Planning Commission and other related authorities. Their aim is to promote adequate rural policies and the allocation of a significant budget for agricultural development, based on its contribution to the National GDP and also on the basis of the significance and importance of the total rural population.

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