Public discussion on Blue Revolution: Opportunity or Disaster – Case Study of Jeneponto Regency
Bina Desa and the Sipitangarri Women Fishers Group (KPNS) held a live online open discussion on the findings based on Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) on April 28, 2025. The Jeneponto District in South Sulawesi is one of the locations for Blue Economy development; hence, a shift in marine governance has seriously impacted coastal communities, […]
Enrichment Seminar on Food Sovereignty for Rural Youth
Bina Desa organized a discussion on Food Sovereignty for Rural Youth on March 20, 2025, via an online webinar. Amid the food crisis and climate change, food sovereignty is key to a self-reliant, sustainable future, and the rural youth play a strategic role in preserving and strengthening community-based food systems. Thus, it is necessary to […]
Discussion on natural farming and advocacy consolidation
From 18 to 20 February 2025, Komunitas Swabina Pedesaan Salassae or Salassae Self-reliant Rural Community (KSPS) together with the Natural Farming Advocacy Network of Bulukumba District called the Natural Farming Discussion and Advocacy Consolidation facilitated by Bina Desa. This activity is not just a meeting of farmers but a fundamental step to strengthen the movement […]
Rural youth’s advocacy on digital campaigns through social media
Ciasihan, Bogor, on February 19-21, was filled with the spirit of rural young people. The meeting is not just a light chat under the shady tree or discussion about the upcoming harvest but about something more significant – how the digital world can be a tool for their movement. For three days, rural youth participants […]
Jaringan Perempuan Pedesaan Nusantara (Nusantara Rural Women Network) Advocacy Education
In 2023, at the JPP Nusantara (Nusantara Rural Women Network) working meeting, female cadres expressed great hope for more substantial support and recognition from women’s organizations at the village level. These hopes also included increased funding, fairer regulation, and policies that actually support farmers and fishers. However, behind that hope, the women cadres of JPP […]
Rural School (Sekolah Pedesaan/SEPEDA)
At the beginning of 2024, Bina Desa started accompanying women fishers of Jeneponto District, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, through the initiative of Rural School or Sekolah Pedesaan (SEPEDA). Rural School is a non-formal education program that aims to empower rural communities profoundly and comprehensively. SEPEDA exists as a living-learning space for women fishers, not just a […]
Prioritizing local knowledge and self-reliance as key to natural farming – A Bina Desa approach
Bina Desa, an AsiaDHRRA network in Indonesia, recently organized a training on natural farming at the Natural Farming Learning House on May 22- 24, 2024, in Ciasihan, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. Thirty-three farmers from nine provinces attended the workshop. Natural farming is an agricultural value and system that responds to the damages caused by conventional […]
A series of meetings updating FO4A project with partner DHRRA and member Farmers’ Organizations in Indonesia
AsiaDHRRA organized a series of meetings with its DHRRA partner, Yayasan Bina Desa, and Farmers’ Organization (FO) members in Indonesia on 6-13 November 2023. The mission’s first leg was with Bina Desa on 6-7 November 2023 in Jakarta, discussing providing technical support and coaching services to its farmers’ organization members. A visit was followed by […]
Shaping and Framing Rural Digitalization – DVEA Validation Workshop in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam
AsiaDHRRA’s partner DHRRAs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam conducted a validation workshop on Digital Village Ecosystem Assessment (DVEA), a component step of the Digital Village Initiative (DVI) programme to analyze and understand the current status of digitalization and readiness of selected villages. The workshop aims to validate the DVEA results by generating feedback on […]
A collaboration to learn and innovate, AsiaDHRRA and Bina Desa’s advisory visit to Ngudi Mulyo and Galih
AsiaDHRRA and Bina Desa (InDHRRA) visited Ngudi Mulyo (NM) and Galih farmers’ group in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, on 7-9 December 2022 to provide advisory services and discuss updates and progress under the Farmers’ Organization for Asia (FO4A) program. Recently, Ngudi Mulyo mobilized support from several government agencies through machinery, tools, and production building to upgrade their […]