AsiaDHRRA holds Farmer-to-Farmer Exchange Visit on Coco Sugar
Quezon City, Philippines – AsiaDHRRA hosted a Farmer-to-Farmer Exchange: Learning Visit on Coco-Sugar Social Enterprises for select farmer leaders from An Giang Farmers Union (AGFU) of Vietnam. It was conducted on 24 – 30 September 2017 in the Philippines. The participants visited various coco sugar cooperatives and enterprises including Healthy Sweets Mindanao Corporation in Panabo […]
AsiaDHRRA presents at the ASEAN Co-operative Development Meeting
Manila, Philippines – AsiaDHRRA, represented by its Secretary General Marlene D. Ramirez, participated in the ASEAN Co-operative Development Meeting for stakeholders from the ASEAN member states. Ms. Ramirez presented the highlights of the organization’s efforts towards reporting and monitoring the expectations and progress of the goals. The meeting, held on 6-7 September 2017 at the […]
AsiaDHRRA, Bina Desa host South-South Learning Exchange Visit
Jakarta and Bandung, Indonesia –AsiaDHHRA in partnership with Bina Desa (InDHRRA) conducted aSouth-South Learning Exchange (SSLE) Visit, with a theme: “Empowering Rural People’s Organizations through Social Enterprise” on 23-29 August 2017 in Jakarta and Bandung, Indonesia. A total of 46 leaders of rural people’s organizations and representatives of national DHRRAs in 8 Asean Countries participated […]
AsiaDHRRA meets with Taiwan ICDF
Taipei, Taiwan – AsiaDHRRA representatives headed by its Chairperson, Ms. Dwi Astuti, met with Dr. Lee Pai-po, Deputy Secretary General of the Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) on 17 August 2017 at the ICDF Headquarters. The meeting focused on possible joint cooperation especially on post-disaster response initiatives in Southeast Asia, and capacity building […]
AsiaDHRRA, NPUST Meeting: A Dialogue towards Cooperation
Pingtung, Taiwan – AsiaDHRRA Executive Committee and Secretariat met with the new President and some officials of the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) on 16 August 2017. The meeting aimed at discussing concrete partnership actions in lieu of its renewed Memorandum of Understanding 2016-2020 signed during the 2016 General Assembly of AsiaDHRRA. […]
AsiaDHRRA participates in the Forum on Strengthening Partnerships for Smallholder Agriculture and Rural Development
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – AsiaDHRRA, represented by Marlene D. Ramirez and Mags Catindig, participated in the Forum on Strengthening Partnerships for Smallholder Agriculture and Rural Development in Cambodia held on 10 August 2017. The forum was co-organized by DHRRA Working Partners in Cambodia: FliFly and FNN; and, attended by representatives of local NGOs, farmers’ organizations, […]
AsiaDHRRA joins ACSC/APF in celebrating ASEAN’s 50th Anniversary
Manila, Philippines – AsiaDHRRA, as a member of the National Organizing Committee (NOC) of ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples Forum (ACSF/APF), participated in a mobilization with a theme, “Celebrating People’s Struggles towards Alternative Regionalism” on 7 August 2017 in Ermita, Manila. The said event was organized to make peoples’ voices heard and to assert the […]
AsiaDHRRA participates in the NAPC Consultation on Philippines’ Food Security Framework
Quezon City, Philippines – AsiaDHRRA, represented by Marlene D. Ramirez, Mags Catindig, and Florante Villas, participated in the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) consultation on food security framework on 31 July 2017 at MWSS-LWUA Complex, Katipunan Ave, Quezon City. The event was also attended by the representatives from civil society organizations (CSOs) and people’s organization, NAPC […]
MARCCO organize the 2017 Calamansi Producers Congress
Oriental Mindoro, Philippines – Matulatula Agrarian Reform Community Cooperative (MARCCO) convened the 2017 Calamansi Producers Congress on 28 July 2017 in Oriental Mindoro. It was attended by representatives from government agencies, the private sector, civil society organizations, and local farmers’ organizations. The event was made possible with support by AsiaDHRRA. The congress served as venue […]
AgriCord, AsiaDHRRA participate in the AFOSP-MTCP2 Sub-Regional Steering Committee Meeting
Yogyakarta, Indonesia – AsiaDHRRA Secretary General Marlene D. Ramirez and AgriCord Program Manager Noël Monteyne joined the representatives from people’s organizations that convened in Yogyakarta for the ASEAN Farmers’ Organizations Support Program (AFOSP)-Medium Term Cooperation Programme phase II (MTCP2) Southeast Asia + China Sub-Regional Steering Committee Meeting on 23-26 July 2017. The 5-day event served […]
