ASEAN Foundation visits AsiaDHRRA
Mr. Ajie Akhmad Wahidin, Program Officer and Ade Chayadi, Finance, Admin and Personnel Coordinator of ASEAN Foundation visited the AsiaDHRRA office today for a project monitoring meeting of the Linking Small Farmers to Market (LSFM) Project currently being implemented by AsiaDHRRA with the support of ASEAN Foundation. AsiaDHRRA staff Lany Rebagay-Program Officer, Lorna David, Finance […]
LSFM taking off!: Team visits the pilot countries
A Team composed of Ms. Marlene Ramirez, Secretary General of AsiaDHRRA, Ms. Ma. Elena Rebagay, Program Manager and Mr. Nonoy Villas, Project Coordinator of Linking Small Farmers to Markets visited and conducted an In-Country LSFM Project Orientation Meetings with anchor organizations in the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam during the period January 18 to 27, 2008. […]
World Bank fails small farmers
The central finding of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) report on the Bank’s agricultural programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa between 1991 and 2006 was that the Bank, donors and governments have neglected agriculture. What limited Bank activity there has been has performed “below par”. In the period studied, the Bank channelled $2.8 billion in investment lending […]
The Maligaya Flatbed Dryer
From time to time, we’ll feature interesting inventions and equipments designed with the small farmer in mind. Today we present the Maligaya Flatbed dryer we found at the Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture website. Among the interesting features of this Philippine-developed machine are; Multi-crop capability for other grains like corn, coffee,legumes, and other crops (banana […]
Microfinance, Poverty & Social Capital
Paper Prepared by: Bambang Ismawan (President and Director, Bina Swadaya) (A case study of a village where the Self Reliance Development Foundation -Bina Swadaya- works in Indonesia) Sidamulya village is located in the District of Subang, in the Province of West Java, 25 km away from the main city. Its population is 5431 with 547/km2 […]
Nonoy Villas joins AsiaDHRRA as LSFM PC
Mr. Florante “Nonoy” Villas has joined AsiaDHRRA as the Coordinator of the “Linking Small Farmers to Market” Project. Nonoy brings with him over (25) years of experience in rural and social development work, with over eighteen (18) consecutive years focused on the management and supervision of program operations for environment, health and nutrition, sustainable agriculture, […]
100 Tips 100 Tools for Better Governed NGOs
We’d like to share with you this nice booklet on NGO governance we found at the ADBI This resource is primarily for the members, managers and volunteers of big and small NGOs. People interested generally in development and the role of civil society may also find it a useful capacity-building resource. It is a quick […]
Congratulations to Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, ASEAN SecGen
Our congratulations to Dr. Surin Pitsuwan on his appointment as the new Secretary-General of ASEAN! Dr. Pitsuwan, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, assumed the post of Secretary-General of ASEAN on 7 January 2008, succeeding Mr. Ong Keng Yong, whose term ended on 31 December 2007. The five-year tenure of Dr. Surin Pitsuwan […]
Final summary report of SUSPER published by AVRDC
The World Vegetable Center has published the final report of the SUSPER (Sustainable Peri-Urban Agriculture In Southeast Asia) project. Its a good reading for those interested in production and marketing of urban produced vegetables and market development in the Greater Mekong Region. This report is a summary of the findings of the research done on […]
Agricultural cooperatives in Asia
Agricultural cooperatives have played an important role in the Asian rural landscape for decades, and has become an integral part of its social structure. Cooperatives have contributed greatly to the development of modern national and systematized agricultural production-base, helped enhance self-sufficiency of major staple foods, and strengthened farmers’ household economy by facilitating market access and […]
