Supporting palm sugar FOs in Vietnam advancing to a full-fledged cooperative
AsiaDHRRA’s Senior Program Manager, Mr. Cezar Belangel, convened a meeting with the An Giang Farmers Union (AGFU) project management committee on 20 February 2022. He was accompanied by Ms. Nguyen Viet Ha, Vice Director of International Cooperation of Vietnam Farmers Union (VNFU), and received by AGFU’s project management committee Director, Mr. Le Hung Cuong. AGFU […]
Designing a strategy addressing Gendered Environment, Social Inclusion, and Governance with Cacao Farmers
AsiaDHRRA’s Senior Program Manager, Mr. Florante Villas, in collaboration with PhilDHRRA Mindanao, organized the recent action planning workshop with FARDECO Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Cadalian, Baguio District, Davao, on 16-18 February 2023. The workshop was designed to craft a plan addressing AsiaDHRRA’s recommendations based on the results of an assessment of performance in a Gendered Environment, […]
Sustaining the gains of COMFAS thru expansion and value-addition
6-7 February 2023 – AsiaDHRRA’s Senior Program Manager, Mr. Cezar Belangel, visited the Coalition of Municipal Fishers Association of Zamboanga Sibugay (COMFAS) to review and understand the group’s business operations and provide coaching in their conduct of monitoring and evaluation. Mr. Belangel learned about the group’s financial and functional capacities and planned business in light […]
Setting up the groundwork on Agroecology, a FO-RI initiative
9 January 2023 – AsiaDHRRA started 2023 on inspiring ground with a discussion on and started the case documentation work for the “Farmer Organizations’ Leading Research and Innovation (FO-RI) on Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems.” The FORI program aims to document and popularize good practices on agroecology among small-scale Farmer’s Organizations (FOs) towards greater recognition […]
Shaping and Framing Rural Digitalization – DVEA Validation Workshop in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam
AsiaDHRRA’s partner DHRRAs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam conducted a validation workshop on Digital Village Ecosystem Assessment (DVEA), a component step of the Digital Village Initiative (DVI) programme to analyze and understand the current status of digitalization and readiness of selected villages. The workshop aims to validate the DVEA results by generating feedback on […]
Women and Youth farmer organizations realizing their roles at the RAI National Validation events
CamboDHRRA, LaoDHRRA, and PhilDHRRA organized a 1-day National Validation event to finalize the draft strategy paper formulated from the Dialogue Event on empowering women and youth in Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI) in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and the Philippines. It was participated by the women and youth organizations from the National Training (Learning program) on October […]
Counting numbers and synergizing partnerships through coaching to Farmers’ Organization partners
AsiaDHRRA has provided a series of coaching and mentoring with its partner farmers’ organization (FO) finance in November – December 2022 online via Zoom. The practice is part of AsiaDHRRA’s continuing project orientation on accountability requirements per FOs of its Farmers’ Organization for Asia (FO4A) program and aligned with its Strategic Action Plan (SAP). The […]
The Launching of Rural-Urban Market Link Project: People’s Business Center – an initiative to benefit marginalized communities and attain food security
The Public Launch of the People’s Business Center (PBC) Rural-Urban Market Link: Establishing a Mechanism to Promote Inclusive Livelihood for the Marginalized Poor was held on 16 December 2022 at the Institute of Social Order (ISO) in Ateneo de Manila University. The Consortium Project is led by the Global Organic and Wellness Corporation (GlowCorp) in […]
A collaboration to learn and innovate, AsiaDHRRA and Bina Desa’s advisory visit to Ngudi Mulyo and Galih
AsiaDHRRA and Bina Desa (InDHRRA) visited Ngudi Mulyo (NM) and Galih farmers’ group in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, on 7-9 December 2022 to provide advisory services and discuss updates and progress under the Farmers’ Organization for Asia (FO4A) program. Recently, Ngudi Mulyo mobilized support from several government agencies through machinery, tools, and production building to upgrade their […]
The RAI National Dialogue: A platform for Women and Youth farmers’ organizations to advance and lead
AsiaDHRRA’s member DHRRAs, namely CamboDHRRA, LaoDHRRA, and PhilDHRRA, organized a multi-stakeholder National Dialogue event on Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI). The forum was attended by the same participants from the National Training event (Learning Programme) held on October 2022, representing the government agencies, private sectors, NGOs, academe, cooperatives, and women and youth organizations (farmer organizations). Participants […]
