Farmers Fighting Poverty
Program Info
Background
The Farmers Fighting Poverty provides funding and advisory services to farmers’ organizations (FOs) in developing countries to contribute in poverty reduction. It works in four different areas, specifically,
- Organizational Strength and Development;
- Institutional Development;
- Farmer-led Economic Development; and,
- Policy Elaboration and Advocacy.
Objectives
Generally, FFP aims to strengthen FOs to contribute to:
- More Democracy (better institutions);
- Sustainable Economic Growth (better services to members);
- Increased Distribution of Income (better involvement of smallholder farmers).
Specifically, AsiaDHRRA
- Provides training on leadership development, like communications kills, planning, monitoring, organizational and financial management, etc.
- Delivers agricultural trainings and extension services on participatory resource appraisal and action research, farm planning and designing, and developing agricultural technicians.
Areas Implemented:
The projects are directly implemented by farmers’ organizations in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Partner/Implementors:
Resources:
Overview of 2016-2020 AsiaDHRRA FFP Programming in the ASEAN Region
Overview of 2016-2020 Farmers Fighting Poverty (FFP): AsiaDHRRA FFP Programming in the ASEAN Region (Click to download PDF)
AsiaDHRRA showcases impact stories of Farmers Organizations in FFP-Asean virtual workshop
Brussels (via GoTo) – AsiaDHRRA shares the success stories of FOs supported under the Ffp Asean Afosp on 22-23 July 2020 in the “FFP-Asean Impact
AsiaDHRRA shares COMFAS case, addressing climate change and managing risk in Zamboanga Sibugay
AsiaDHRRA shares its latest video, the case of Coalition of Municipal Fisherfolks Association of Zamboanga Sibugay (COMFAS), a farmers organization (FO) project that is being
An impact scan based on reports by farmers’ organisations from Asia
Hear the voices of our COVID-19 frontliners in agriculture all over Asia. AsiaDHRRA partner FOs in Indonesia (KSPS, KPA NMC), Lao PDR (FASAP), Myanmar (AFFM)
FFP Impact Stories (PPT Versions)
Click to download the Powerpoint versions of the FFP Impact Stories. 1. Journey of COMFAS 2. Journey of KSPS 3. Journey of KTLFA 4. Journey
From Farm Rehabilitation to Agri-cooperative building: The story of ISLACO
FFP-AFOSP Impact Story (Philippines)
Empowering Women through Farming: The Story of Nhean Channy
FFP-AFOSP Impact Story (Cambodia)