Reflecting on regional collaboration opportunities to support smallholder farmers’ participation in carbon markets
AsiaDHRRA’s Secretary-General. Ms. Marlene Ramirez participated in a regional workshop on “Mobilizing Investment for Resilient and Low Emission Agrifood Systems in Asia through Carbon Markets” organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 16-18 September 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand. Ms. Ramirez joined the panel in Session 7, which discussed strengthening […]
Workshop on policy advocacy and constructive engagement to end child labor
AsiaDHRRA concluded the first batch of “Training of Trainers on Capacity Development on Policy Advocacy and Constructive Engagement” on 11-13 September 2024 in Cotabato City, supporting its initiative to eliminate child labor in agriculture, the RISE-UP Project. The workshop was participated by rural people’s organizations (RPOs), Fagayugoy de Melitedted Libun deb Kuya (FAMELIK), and indigenous […]
Job Opening: Regional/Philippines Project Manager
REGIONAL/PHILIPPINES PROJECT MANAGER — Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) Project Position Accountability: At the regional level: Responsible for the implementation of the Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) project in the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam. Has overall and ultimate accountability for the achievement of SEEDS objectives, deliverables, milestones, activities, outputs and outcomes within […]
Project ACRE launched
AsiaDHRRA launched its recent initiative on “Strengthening the Agency of CSOs in Developing Policy Framework for Equitable Rural Development and an Enhanced Contribution of Family Farmers Towards the Achievement of the SDGs (ACRE)” at Surabaya, Indonesia on 29 August 2024. The project works toward promoting rural development and agricultural policies to achieve economic growth and […]
Regional Workshop in Promoting Agroecology and Territorial Rural Development
AsiaDHRRA and Bina Desa jointly organized a regional workshop on “Promoting Agroecology (AE) Transition and Territorial Approach in Rural Development (TRD) in the ASEAN Region” on 27-28 August 2024 at Surabaya, Indonesia. The gathering was participated by partner DHRRAs and Farmers’ Organizations (FOs) in Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Lao PDR, the Philippines, and Vietnam, and project […]
Regional workshop on building digital agriculture capacities of smallholder farmers organizations
AsiaDHRRA is organizing a capacity-building workshop on digital agriculture through its project “Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS)” from 19-22 August 2024 at Oracle Hotel, Quezon City, Philippines. The workshop titled “Training of Trainers for Equipping Digital Agriculture Arrowheads for the Project Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions” is joined by DHRRA and farmers’ […]
Partnership and collaboration supporting rural organizations in the global and regional platform
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UNFAO) recently featured its fruitful partnership and collaboration with AsiaDHRRA in its latest brief series publication. The FAO highlighted the history of the alliance dating back to 2010, during the formation of the ad hoc committee on the Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) […]
Empowering youth in agriculture in building sustainable food systems in Asia-Pacific
The first Asia-Pacific Young Farmers and Agrilympics (YFCA): Empowering Young Farmers in Cooperatives and Organizations: Building Sustainable Food Systems will happen on 12-16 August 2024 at Los Baños Laguna, Philippines. The week-long activities are organized by the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), the International Cooperative Alliance- Asia Pacific, and the Pacific Farmers […]
AsiaDHRRA’s contribution on empowering women, youth and local communities in Responsible Agricultural Investment in the ASEAN
AsiaDHRRA’s Program Manager, Mr. Affan Firmansyah, participated in the 2nd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) event on 23-26 July 2024 in the Sthal Ubud Hotel, Indonesia. Mr. Firmansyah presented AsiaDHRRA’s contribution to empowering inclusion and strategies for women, youth, Indigenous people, and local and marginalized groups and communities in the Food, Agriculture, and Forestry (FAF) Sectors. […]
Partnerships advocating and documenting successful family farming programs in select ASEAN countries
AsiaDHRRA is conducting a series of round table consultations with its partner DHRRAs and farmer organizations in the network to assess the status of United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) implementation in the countries. Earlier, AsiaDHRRA has worked jointly with the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and […]
