Project launch against child labor in agriculture sector in the Philippines
AsiaDHRRA, in collaboration with the Community Organizers Multiversity – CO Multiversity, Kaanib Foundation, Inc., and Phildhrra-Mindanao, launched the RISE-UP (Resilience Inclusion Sustainability Empowerment Unity Progress) project on 17 April 2024 at Barangay Mankila, Tagum City, Davao del Norte. The event was attended by farmers’ organisations from Bukidnon and Maguindano (young youth, rural women, farmers), local […]
REPOSTING: Regional Technology Integration and Applications Specialist (RTIAS)
Job accountability: The Regional Technology Integration and Applications Specialist (RTIAS) leads the process of identification, validation, and consolidation of farm/agriculture needs (with specific emphasis on smallholder field realities), matching these with available digital technologies/applications (through a process of integration). The RTIAS also ensures that the knowledge, attitude, and skills necessary for farmer-users to effectively use […]
SEEDS collaboration with the Philippine’s Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)
AsiaDHRRA and the Philippines’s Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) met via Zoom conference to collaborate on AsiaDHRRA’s digital agriculture project – Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) on 11 April 2024. The department’s Undersecretary, Ms. Jocelle Batapa Sigue has joined the regional Project Advisory Group (PAG) and will provide strategic guidance to […]
National Consultation to promote Agroecology in the context of ASEAN, Cambodia
The Cambodian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (CamboDHRRA) organized the National Consultation to promote Agroecology in the context of ASEAN on 8 April 2024, in Phnom Peng Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The workshop was in coordination with CamboDHRRA’s various stakeholders, namely, the Senior Officials Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty […]
USAID Visited the RUML Biyayang Lokal Launching in Valenzuela City
USAID Deputy Administrator Paloma Adams-Allen and Mission Director Ryan Washburn joined the Rural-Urban Market Link (RUML) team for the launch of Biyayang Lokal in Valenzuela City on 21 March 2024. Biyayang Lokal, a subprogram under RUML, aims to promote and link farmers’ products to the urban markets and deliver affordable, fresh, and nutritious food via […]
The VIII Global Conference Family Farming: Sustainability of our Planet
AsiaDHRRA’s Secretary General, Ms Marlene Ramirez, participated in World Rural Forum’s (WRF) 8th Global Conference Family Farming: Sustainability of our Planet, held at Europa Palace, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, on 19-21 March 2024. Ms Ramirez spoke at a special event on the Economic Sustainability of Family Farming, Value Chains, and Associativism and shared the experience of Matulatula Agrarian […]
National Consultation to promote Agroecology in the context of ASEAN, Lao PDR
The National Consultation to Promote Agroecology in the Context of ASEAN was organized in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on March 15, 2024. The workshop gathered agricultural stakeholders in the country and presented significant ASEAN frameworks, national policies, and current initiatives in developing regional agroecology guidelines. The consultation similarly discussed agroecology transitions’ expectations, perspectives, and concerns. Ms […]
RUML forging partnerships on digital innovation platforms
RUML met with Mastercard and Deliver-E to forge partnerships on digital innovation platforms. Supported by the USAID, the platform will streamline information sharing among rural farmers’ produce and facilitate access to urban markets. The design involves platform delivery by Mastercard for RUML, while Deliver-E focuses on seamless logistical operations or delivery from farm to market. […]
AsiaDHRRA’s advisory services with coffee producers in the south
AsiaDHRRA’s Senior Program Managers, Mr. Florante Villas and Mr. Cezar Belangel, Organizational Development Consultant, Ms. Arlynn Contreras, facilitated an assessment with the Impalutao Dalwangan Sawaga Agrarian Reform Cooperative (IMDALSA) in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, on 6-8 March 2024. The cooperative is a member of the Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF), with 14 million assets, and is involved […]
Project contract signing and partners’ meeting with the farmers union in Vietnam
AsiaDHRRA and the Viet Nam Farmers’ Union (VNFU) signed a partnership contract to implement the Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) project on 2 March 2024. A stakeholders’ meeting followed the event in Bac Giang province, where two districts, namely Luc Ngan and Hiep Hoa, were visited. AsiaDHRRA, accompanied by VNFU, met with the […]
