COMFAS experience included in a joint FAO & AgriCord publication
The experience of COMFAS is featured in the joint #FAO–#AgriCord publication: “Forest and farm producer organizations building resilience – strength in numbers and landscapes.” The Coalition of Municipal Fishers of Zamboanga Sibugay (COMFAS) is a federation of 34 municipal fishers’ associations in the province. Its Chairperson, Ka Dodoy Robert Ballon, is among the recent 63rd […]
AsiaDHRRA commences its first ever virtual regional training
18 October 2021 – AsiaDHRRA in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United nations launched the first ever online Regional Training of Trainers on Collective Economic Forms in Agriculture and Policy Advocacy through Constructive Engagement. The online training will run for 2-months with synchronous and asynchronous sessions. Thirty-one (31) participants from […]
AsiaDHRRA shares during the international FO exchanges on COP26
15 October 2021 – AsiaDHRRA shares during the International RTD for Farmers’ Organizations Exchanges on COP26 Messages, conducted via Zoom. #AsiaDHRRA‘s Program Officer, Affan Firmansyah, sharing Asiadhrra‘s call to #COP26 for supporting adaptive and transformative resilience of family farmers beyond the business-as-usual resilient initiatives. Central to this is providing family farmers with access to diverse […]
AsiaDHRRA joins JPMorgan’s code for good
8-9 October 2021 – AsiaDHRRA joins JPMorgan Chase & Co. global hackathon. AsiaDHRRA collaborates with JPMC in the area of INNOVATION through their Tech for Social Good program, which aims to lift up communities around the world through the power of people and technology. For the first part of the innovative engagement, AsiaDHRRA Challenge Statement […]
AsiaDHRRA presents during the FAO regional workshop on “Ending Child Labour in Agriculture in Asia”
28 September 2021 – AsiaDHRRA was invited by the FAO Regional office for Asia and the Pacific, to present during the regional online workshop “Ending Child Labour in Agriculture in Asia” on Tuesday 28 September 2021, via Zoom. The regional workshop aimed at: 1. Raising awareness on child labour in agriculture and its subsectors, giving […]
AsiaDHRRA participates in the ASEAN Ministerial Dialogue on SDG
20 September 2021 via Zoom – AsiaDHRRA participates in the “ASEAN Ministerial Dialogue on Accelerating Actions to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”, which intends to gather the ministers in charge of the national development planning agencies in each ASEAN Member States. The Dialogue aims to provide a venue for the ministers to share views and […]
FAO and AsiaDHRRA kicks-off LoA for 2021-2022
13 September 2021 via Zoom – Representatives from FAO RAP and HQ, AsiaDHRRA RAI Team, and DHRRA RAI coordinators opened the week with the new LoA kick-off meeting. This new cooperation builds upon the results of the Responsible Agricultural Investment initiative of FAO and AsiaDHRRA. Specifically, the new LoA will contribute to the implementation of […]
COMFAS chairperson is 63rd Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
Roberto “Ka Dodoy” Ballon, Coalition of Municipal Fisherfolk Associations (COMFAS) Chairperson, was the awardee in the 63rd Ramon Magsaysay from the Philippines, alongside great transformative leaders in Asia. COMFAS is one of the Rural Peoples; Organizations being supported by AsiaDHRRA in the Philippines. Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing causes financial losses and decline in fish […]
AgriCord launches Farmer Organization for Asia program
19 August 2021 via Zoom – Agricord together with agri-agencies: AFDI, AsiaDHRRA, FFD, CSA, TRIAS, UPADi, and WeEffect launched the Farmer Organizations for Asia (FO4A) program. The FO4A is part of the global Farmers’ Fighting Poverty Programme of Agricord. It’s counterpart in the other continents is the Farmers’ Organizations for Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific (FO4ACP) […]
DHRRA coordinators prepare for the RAI ToT
29 July 2021 via Zoom – DHRRA country coordinators on Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI) meets in preparation for the implementation of the Trainers’ Training on RAI in 5 countries (Philippines, Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia, and, Vietnam). The training will consist of a series of half-day virtual sessions with individual or group assignments in between spread […]
