Building partnerships to develop leaders and communities in rural Asia
By admin on Apr 27, 2012 in DHRRA News, Uncategorized, Volunteers | 0 Comments
Ms. Soc Orlina, a junior AB Communication student at the Ateneo de Manila University has joined Asiadhrra as a summer volunteer for the period April-May 2002. She will produce a video brochure for Asiadhrra.
By admin on Apr 10, 2012 in Climate Change, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Found this at Treehugger. A free app that “visualizes recent global climate data from Earth Science satellites, including surface air temperature, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, and water vapor as well as gravity and sea level variations. It was developed by the Earth Science Communications and Visualization Technology Applications and Development Teams at NASA’s Jet [...]
By admin on Jan 26, 2012 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Here’s an interesting advice to world leaders from the tech titan and currently the biggest private philanthropist, Bill Gates who outlines in his 2012 Annual letter the need to invest more in agriculture “We can help poor farmers sustainably increase their productivity so they can feed themselves and their families. But that will only happen [...]
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 Aug 2, 2010 in DHRRA News, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Phildhrra Mindanao Staff dropped by the AsiaDHRRA Secretariat Office today for a quick look see. They are currently here in Manila for an exposure/learning activity. Earlier in the day, Ms. Lany Rebagay and Ms. Marlene of the AsiaDHRRA Secretariat presented to them an overview of the shared history and goals of the DHRRAs. Ms. Lany [...]
By admin on May 14, 2010 in Farm Technology, Food Security, News Clippings, Uncategorized | 3 Comments
For FarmFriday we share this interesting newsbit we found in our inbox from IRRI. IRRI News | 04 May 2010 | Los Baños, Philippines Rice growers in Bohol, an island province of the Philippines, are expecting higher rice yields and income thanks to new japonica rice varieties developed in collaboration with Korea and the International [...]
By admin on May 13, 2010 in AsiaDHRRA Programs, DHRRA Members, DHRRA News, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
The Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) will be conducting a forum on May 18, 9:00am to 2:30pm, at the Discovery Suites (Drake, 42nd floor) in Ortigas Center, Pasig City. The forum is a culminating activity of the study on Strengthening Social Accountability Mechanisms for Food Security and Agricultural [...]
By Jet Hermida on Nov 21, 2009 in Agriculture and Globalization, DHRRA Members, Farm Technology, Food Security, Small Farmers to Market, Sustainable Agriculture, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
High Quality Products at Higher Prices: the Experience of TWADA which was presented by Dr. Wen Chi Hwang, General Secretary of the said organization during the 3rd LSFM RTW, explained about the experience of marketing based on product strength, quality, and competitive advantage. She narrated the history of TWADA as already having started with not [...]
By admin on Nov 19, 2009 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Ms. Marlene Ramirez and Ms. Lorna David will participate in the AFCSR panel session, entitled “Companies and Communities: Waging The War Against Poverty” to be held on November 20, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Manila, Philppines During this session, AIM will introduce the project, Mainstreaming Poverty Alleviation Initiatives among ASEAN-member Countries. This project, funded [...]
By admin on Oct 1, 2009 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Rose Sharon Hartig has completed her 2-month internship on project planning and management at AsiaDHRRA. Apart from learning about the PME process, Sharon also attended seminars and joined an exposure trip to citrus farmers in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. She also drafted a concept note on the impact of climate change in sustainable agriculture. From her [...]
By Jet Hermida on Aug 7, 2009 in Farm Technology, News Clippings, Uncategorized | 8 Comments
We like farm equipments especially local inventions so for FarmFriday we showcase this updated version of the seeder produced by PhilRice. If you would like to know more or are interested in buying this machine please contact 0920-911-1398. Even with low-cost drum and precision seeders around capable of seeding rice seeds in rows at 20 [...]
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