AsiaDHRRA Online

Country Presentations from Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Indonesia
Philippines
Mr. Luis Caballero Jr., Vice Chairperson of Zamboanga Sibugay High Value Marketing Crop, presented their community’s experience in maintaining food safety and quality standards for calamansi. In terms of maintaining product quality, this involved the processes before planting, the maintenance requirements during planting season, as well as the [...]

This monograph presents the highlights of the farmers’ exchange visits (FEVs) in Indonesia and Japan, conducted by AFA, in cooperation with AsiaDHRRA. It also contains the highlights of the field visits held during regional consultations in Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. All of these FEVs and field visits occurred during the years 2006-2007.
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TaiwanDHRRA hosted a seven-day study tour (August 28-September 3,2007) of VietDHRRA aimed at providing Vietnamese farmer leaders with workable models of agricultural production and marketing. The group visited farms engaged in commodity-based production and marketing team particularly those specializing in papaya, sugar apple, wax apple and tea products. They were also able to [...]

AFA represented by Tri Heru Wardoyo, Esther Penunia and AsiaDHRRA represented by Marlene Ramirez participated in the recently concluded First Farmers’ Forum in conjunction with IFAD’s 29th General council Meeting held from 13-16 February 2006 at Palazzo dei Congressi, Rome, Italy. Around 55 representatives of farmers’ organizations from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the [...]

JaDHRRA in partnership with PhilDHRRA and AsiaDHRRA conducted a study tour last March 11-18, 2005. It was participated by sixteen (16) students and professors from two Japanese universities (Kobe and Otemon Gaukin University). Thematically, their interests were on health, education, and agrarian reform.
The group visited various rural communities in Sorsogon, Albay, and Camarines Sur. [...]

AFA held its 11th Executive Committee (ExeCom) last March 9-10, in Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai province of Thailand, right after the Thailand FEV. The ExeCom decided to register AFA in the Philippines, and approved project concept papers on

AFA’s WTO advocacy work for year 2005
sustaining the sustainable rice campaign through mainstreaming of the systematic [...]

Forty-four participants from ten Asian countries participated in the 6th Farmers’ Exchange Visit (FEV), conducted by AFA and AsiaDHRRA and hosted by SorKorPor (SKP) Thailand last February 28 to March 9, 2005.
The first part of the FEV was the first celebration of AFA Day, held February 28, at a village in Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand. [...]

On March 3-6, 2005, AFA through SORKORPOR, its member in Thailand, will host a four day “Field Visit to Sustainable Agricultural Technology Sites in Chiang Mai”. Participants will have a chance to stay with foster farming families who practice sustainable agricultural technologies.
After the field visit a capacity building session focusing on the “Review and Deepening [...]

Thirty two farmers and NGO leaders from ten Asian countries belonging to AsiaDHRRA and AFA (Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Development) attended the “Asian Forum on Rice: Promoting Sustainable Rice, Upholding the Interests of Small Rice Farmers”, held from August 9-18. The event is part of AFA’s and AsiaDHRRA’s joint Sustainable Rice Campaign, in celebration [...]

One of the major activities of the Sustainable Rice Campaign being undertaken jointly by AsiaDHRRA and AFA is the conduct of a Regional Forum on Rice: Promoting Sustainable Rice, Upholding the Interests of Small Rice Farmers. This forum is scheduled to be held August 11-19 in Tagaytay City, Philippines. During this forum, a training-workshop on [...]

Year 2004 is International Year of Rice. Being a regional farmers’ organization in the largest rice-eating and rice-producing region in the world, AFA embarked o­n a Sustainable Rice Campaign this year. To launch this campaign, a rice forum and a rice festival were held last February 15, in Karawang, West Java, as part of the [...]

The book, “Shaping the Asian Peasant Agenda: Solidarity Building Towards Sustainable Rural Development in Asian Rural Communities” was launched last February 16, as o­ne of the activities during the AFA GA. It is jointly published by AFA and AsiaDHRRA.
The book contained the nine country reports, workshop results and lectures of keynote speakers and resource persons, [...]

Asian Farmers Exchange and Exposure Visit and Dialogue
held in Suwon City, South Korea on 22 to 30 November 1999\
Asian Rural Farmers’ Commitment
Asian Farmers Exchange and Exposure Visit and Dialogue:
Rural Farmers Formation and Strengthening for Self-Reliance Development & Networking
We, the farmer-leaders representing seven countries in rural Asia, in solidarity with the country DHRRAs from Indonesia, Malaysia, [...]