![Lisette](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/user/profile/picture-7082-1446651466.jpg?itok=vZ-Pfhny)
Topics and Regions
Details
Location
Indonesia: Hundreds leave home in palm oil conflict
By: Severianus Endi
Date: August 2nd 2016
Source: The Jakarta Post
Hundreds of residents from several hamlets in West Kalimantan have fled their homes to avoid arrest over their alleged involvement in a conflict with an oil palm company operating plantations in the area.
Kenyan Pastoralists Get Sh7.7 Billion World Bank Support
By: Kiarie Njoroge
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation
Pastoralists are set to benefit from a Sh7.7 billion World Bank loan expected to ease losses related to drought and disease.
The financing is expected to cater for a range of activities including water provision, re-seeding of rangelands, animal vaccination and storing fodder to ensure increased yields for about 93,000 pastoralist households.
AFA Field Visits and Farmer Interactions 2006-2007
AFA Field Visits and Farmer Interactions 2006-2007
Learning good practices in land reform, organic agriculture and pro-small farmer marketing and trading.
Asian Farmers Association Annual Report 2011
In the area of Policy Advocacy, we aimed at influencing key inter-governmental regional and international decision-making bodies on common agricultural issues affecting small farmers.
We targeted various inter-government bodies, such as ASEAN (on the frameworks on food security and climate change, as well as FTAs), FAO, IFAD, UNFCCC (on climate financing for adaptation and mitigation), and WB (on the GAFSP project).
Farmers’ Voices, Farmers’ Choices AFA Annual Report 2009
AFA advance its advocacy agenda by organizing consultations and forums for its members and partners and attending regional and international gatherings.
It continued to be invited to consultations by CSOs and intergovernmental bodies. It started to receive invitations to private sector gatherings as well.
Making Our Voices Heard: AFA Annual Report 2008
Making Our Voices Heard
Asian Farmers Association Annual Report 2008
Setting directions, taking actions. Asian Farmers Association Annual Report 2006
Setting directions, taking actions.
Asian Farmers Association Annual Report 2006
Asian Farmers Association: 2004-2005 Annual Report
Asian Farmers Association: 2004-2005 Annual Report.
VNFU: What is organic farming?
Information tool about organic farming. Content includes:
- What is organic farming?
- Why organic farming?
- Organic farming back to traditional method
- Use of pesticide
- The soil for organic farming
Vietnam Farmers Union
Viet Nam Farmers’ Union (VNFU) was established in 1930. Its position is recognized in the Constitution of Vietnam 2013 and is recognized as playing a key and central role for farmer movements and new rural construction. It is organized at 4 official levels: national, provincial, district and commune level. Under the commune level, VNFU is organized into branches and under the branches, VNFU is organized into groups. At present, VNFU has over 10.5 million members working in various sectors such as agriculture, forestry, fishery, salt-making, handicraft and small industry, services.