Happy Deepavali 2008
AsiaDHRRA joins Aid for Trade FGD
AsiaDHRRA joined 15 other participants from various civil society groups in a focus group discussion on Aid For Trade held on October 13, 2008 in Quezon City. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss issues surrounding the WTO and the Aid for Trade initiative as it applies in the Philippine context. The activity was […]
AsiaDHRRA participates in Nanotechnology forum
Ms. Lany Rebagay participated in the Seminar-Forum on NANOTECHNOLOGY AND SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: Potential Impacts on Agriculture, Food and Livelihoods held at Balay-Kalinaw, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City on October 9, 2008. Pat Roy Mooney, Executive Director, ETC Group was the featured speaker of the seminar workshop, which was sponsored by SEARICE and TFFS.
AsiaDHRRA participates in the International Meeting of Experts on Agrarian and Rural Development
Ms. Marlene Ramirez, AsiaDHRRA SecGen, participated in the WRF sponsored International Meeting of Experts on Agrarian and Rural Development held in Valencia Region-Basque Country-Spain from 28th September-3rd October 2008. Ms. Ramirez shared a presentation on the Asian Food Crisis. The main objectives of the “Worldwide Meeting are the internal strengthening of the Network, better mutual […]
AsiaDHRRA accepts invitation as member of WRF Board of Directors
AsiaDHRRA through Ms. Marlene Ramirez, AsiaDHRRA SecGen has accepted the invitation from The World Rural Forum, though its current President, Jose Luis Laskurain to represent the Asian continent in the WRF Board of Directors for 2 years.
Happy Eid 2008!
Young NorthDHRRAs share OJT experiences
North DHRRA OJTs – Yeo Joung Suh (KoDHRRA), Sung Wei Huang (TaiwanDHRRA), Ryoko Tsuboi (JaDHRRA) and Shui Tsai (TaiwanDHRRA) had a fruitful sharing session last September 12, 2008 about OJT life, their insights and its impact on their personal life. They also shared their reflection about their own DHRRAs and AsiaDHRRA. The session proved to […]
Vietnamese rice farmers relieved over gov't decision to buy surplus rice
HA NOI — Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai yesterday required relevant bodies to continue buying rice from farmers and to speed up rice exports in a move to minimise difficulties for farmers. At an inter-ministerial meeting, the Deputy PM also said management of rice export prices should be flexible, and said he required the […]
KAFF commemorates Lee Kyung Hae’s 5th death anniversary
By Kang, Min Su, AFA The Korean Advanced Farmers Federation’s (KAFF) commemoration of Lee Kyung Hae’s 5th death anniversary ended successfully. The commemoration was organized in order to remember the farmer-leader’s sacrifice. Special rites were held before Lee Kyung Hae’s grave in his hometown. Through these events, KAFF hopes that the public will remember Lee […]
Ryoko visits AsiaDHRRA
Ryoko Tsuboi, formerly JaDHRRA OJT in AsiaDHRRA visited the secretariat last September 10, 2008 on her way to Bikol to accompany Ms. Chiaki Inoko who, as part of her research study, spent a one- week exposure visit in the Foundation of our Lady of Fatima Center (FACE), a PhilDHRRA member NGO in Camarines Sur, Philippines […]
