Mandaluyong City, Philippines – Farmers Fighting Poverty (FFP) and the Post-Yolanda (Haiyan) Fund for Local Initiatives, two of the major programs being implemented by AsiaDHRRA, were showcased in the recent Food Security Forum and Techno Show organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) last 23-24 June 2016.
The two programs implemented in partnership with farmers’ organizations (FOs) in the Philippines and across Asia, highlight the potentials of farmers to contribute in achieving local (household and community level) food security. In a video shown during the Techno Show, Hazel, 27 years old, a farmer of Eastern Samar, narrates her family’s recovery from the impact of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) with the support from the Post-Yolanda Fund for Local Initiatives in partnership with PAKISAMA.

On the third day of the Food Security Forum, Ms. Marlene Ramirez, Secretary General of AsiaDHRRA, chaired the session, “Sustainable Food Entitlement at the Food Security Forum.”
The Food Security Techno Show showcased innovative, clever, interesting, and/or state-of-the art agricultural and food security-related initiatives and technologies.