AFA Conducts 2nd Core Group Strengthening Workshop
The newly-composed Executive Committee (ExeCom) of AFA (Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development) held its 2nd Core Group Strengthening Workshop last June 1-6, in Cambodiana Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The workshop, with the theme, “Enhancing AFA to Promote the Asian Peasant Agenda”, was attended by 19 participants representing the regular members of AFA and […]
DHRRAW 2004 to be held on August 9-13, 2004
The AsiaDHHRA 2004 Workshop celebrating AsiaDHRRA’s 30th anniversary will finally take place in August 9-13, 2004 at the Development Academy of the Philippines Conference Center in Tagaytay City, Philippines. Our member in the Philippines, PhilDHRRA, whose pioneers and leaders are in the forefront of pursuing a wide range of social development initiatives, is generously co-hosting […]
AsiaDHRRA and AFA participate in EARWG seminar
Tri Heru Wardoyo, AFA Chairperson, Vic Fabe, AFA ExeCom member, and Esther Penunia, AsiaDHRRA Advocacy Officer, participated in a three day rice seeds seminar with the theme: “Rights, Life and Culture, Stand Up for our Rice”, held in Devt. Academy of the Philippines, Tagaytay City, Philippines last March 29-April 2. The workshop was organized by […]
AsiaDHRRA joins APHD Planning for SA Program
AsiaDHRRA participated in a planning workshop conducted by Asian Partnership for Human Development (APHD) to formulate its five year plan for its Pan-Asian Sustainable Agriculture Program. The workshop was held in Bangkok last July 6-7. During this workshop, the APHD partners from ten countries in South and Southeast Asia saw AFA as a potential regional […]
AsiaDHRRA shares AFA formation experience with SA Network
Farmer leaders of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SA Network), a national network of sustainable agriculture advocates and practitioners assisted by the Catholic-based National Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA) in the Philippines, was pleased to know about how AFA was formed and the insights that AsiaDHRRA acquired in the five-year formation process. Esther Penunia shared the […]
Regional Rice Forum
One of the major activities of the Sustainable Rice Campaign being undertaken jointly by AsiaDHRRA and AFA is the conduct of a Regional Forum on Rice: Promoting Sustainable Rice, Upholding the Interests of Small Rice Farmers. This forum is scheduled to be held August 11-19 in Tagaytay City, Philippines. During this forum, a training-workshop on […]
AsiaDHRRA’s 5th General Assembly on August 14
The 5th general assembly will be held on August 14 at the Bayview Park Hotel, Roxas Blvd, Manila. Participants in the DHRRAW 2004 workshop are expected to attend. The theme of the assembly is “Enhancing Our Capacity for Effective Partnership With Rural People by Harnessing Organization Expertise and Nurturing Solidarity”
2nd Leadership Dev't Session to be held in May 2004
The key leaders the Asian partnership for the Development of Human resources in Rural Asia (AsiaDHRRA) will be having the second leadership development session on May 16-21, 2004 at Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) Conference Center and Hotel in Tagaytay, Philippines. The Leadership Development session is part of the continuing effort of the network […]
AFA Launches 2004 Sustainable Rice Campaign
Year 2004 is International Year of Rice. Being a regional farmers’ organization in the largest rice-eating and rice-producing region in the world, AFA embarked on a Sustainable Rice Campaign this year. To launch this campaign, a rice forum and a rice festival were held last February 15, in Karawang, West Java, as part of the […]
Sharing on Good Practices for Poverty Reduction
AsiaDHRRA joined the CIIR’s round table discussion on Development NGO Good Practices in Poverty Reduction last February 27-28, 2004 at Sulu Hotel, Quezon City. The forum looked into a framework of documenting good practices that was used to capture key elements of good practices in three countries. Case studies featuring good practices in Indonesia, Philippines […]
