Category: Press Releases

Asiadhrra becomes the newest member of Agricord! »

Asiadhrra in October 2011 joined AgriCord  as its newest member.  It hopes to promote the “Farmers’ Fighting Poverty” program of the network along its agenda of building partnerships to empower farmers in the Asian region. On a related note, Asiadhrra Execom met with AgriCord Managing Director Mr. Ignace Coussement, in Hanoi in March 2012 where [...]

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FAO endorses IYFF Campaign resolution to the UN »

A historic event in the IYFF campaign, WRF shares this very important step that transpired in the FAO Side Event on Family Farming: Last Saturday, 2nd July 2011, the plenary of the 37th FAO Conference ratified the Resolution introduced by the Philippino delegation (see attached text),   supported by more than 15 countries, without any opposition, [...]

Join our workshops at ACSC/APF 2011! »

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 [...]

ACSC/APF 2011: Agriculture and the Peasantry in ASEAN: Challenges and Way Forward »

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…

CSO Statement on the 30th FAO-APRC: Our Food, Our Future, Our Urgent Calls »

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 [...]

CSO Statement – Investment Forum for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific »

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 [...]

IYFF Asia Continental Meeting Booklet »

Our 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 [...]

ATIGA enters into force May 17, 2010 »

Latest press release from ASEAN on the ATIGA ASEAN Secretariat, 17 May 2010 The cost of doing business in ASEAN will be lower and trade-related transactions simpler as the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), one of the region’s landmark economic agreements, entered into force today. The ATIGA, which is comprehensive in its scope and [...]

Happy Women’s Day 2010 »

TKN releases book on gender and trade liberalization in SEA »

The Trade Knowledge Network (TKN) Southeast Asia has recently released a new electronic publication, entitled: Beyond Barriers: The Gender Implications of Trade Liberalization in Southeast Asia, written by Alexander C. Chandra (TKN Southeast Asia Coordinator), Lucky A. Lontoh (Public Policy Analyst) & Ani Margawati (Lecturer of Anthropology Dept. of the University of Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia). [...]

The disaster that was the Copenhagen climate talks »

For your weekend ruminations are two docs about the failed climate change talks. Oxfam Briefing Note 21 December 2009 Climate Shame: get back to the table -Initial analysis of the Copenhagen climate talks Copenhagen was a unique opportunity to turn the world’s course away from climate disaster, towards a safe future for all of us [...]

IYFF Campaign Update December 2009 – A dream nearer each day »

Towards The Celebration Of The International Year Of Family Farming-IYFF. A dream nearer each day José María Zeberio-Executive Secretary of the World Rural Forum-WRF REPORT ON THE IYFF Before the end of 2009 we wish to update our report on the IYFF. In the world today there are 3,000 million people who live in the [...]

Christmas Greetings from AsiaDHRRA »

Indonesia Value Chain Analysis and Market Mapping book now available »

We are sharing with you our latest publication – the Mapping of Marketing Intermediation of CSO in Indonesia and Value Chain Analysis of Organic Rice in Indonesia. You can download the PDF version here (right click and choose “file save as…” or drop by our office for the print version. Copies are limited though so [...]