Updating and revisiting the monitoring and evaluation tools for Farmers’ Organization for Asia programme
An in-person workshop for the Farmers’ Organization for Asia (FO4A) programme was organized on 26-28 June 2024 and participated by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) consultants, AgriCord, Asian Farmers Organization (AFA), and Agri-Agency staff. The meeting updated and revisited the programme’s Theory of Change (ToC) and Logical Framework (LF) and hosted by AsiaDHRRA […]
Celebrating commitments to End Child Labour
AsiaDHRRA participates in celebrating World Day Against Child Labour (WADCL) with the theme “Kalayaan, Kinabukasan, at Kasaysayan para sa Batang Malaya” on 26 June 2024 at Campo Uno Barangay Elizalde and on 27 June 2024 at Campo Dos, Barangay Malamodao, Maco, Davao de Oro. The gathering was organized by the Department of Labor and Employment […]
SEEDS Project Orientation to select farmers’ organization in the Philippines
AsiaDHRRA and PhilDHRRA jointly conducted a series of project orientations to farmers’ organizations (FO), namely Batu Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BAFAMCO) and Coalition of Municipal Fisherfolk Associations (COMFAS) in Zamboanga, Sibugay, and Kabangasan-Mapua-Dahilig Arc Cooperative (KAMADA Arc Coop) in Balingoan, Misamis Oriental on 2-5 June 2024. The visits provided comprehensive orientation for FO/Coop and stakeholders regarding […]
Training on Enumerators for RISE-UP Project
AsiaDHRRA, with its partner consortium, conducted a training on enumerators of the RISE-UP Project on 18-20 April 2024 at Tagum City, Davao del Norte. The workshop was led by PhilDHRRA, implemented face-to-face, and utilized various approaches such as learning exercises, lectures, and other training instruments. It was the 1st community level training to generate community […]
Project launch against child labor in agriculture sector in the Philippines
AsiaDHRRA, in collaboration with the Community Organizers Multiversity – CO Multiversity, Kaanib Foundation, Inc., and Phildhrra-Mindanao, launched the RISE-UP (Resilience Inclusion Sustainability Empowerment Unity Progress) project on 17 April 2024 at Barangay Mankila, Tagum City, Davao del Norte. The event was attended by farmers’ organisations from Bukidnon and Maguindano (young youth, rural women, farmers), local […]
The VIII Global Conference Family Farming: Sustainability of our Planet
AsiaDHRRA’s Secretary General, Ms Marlene Ramirez, participated in World Rural Forum’s (WRF) 8th Global Conference Family Farming: Sustainability of our Planet, held at Europa Palace, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, on 19-21 March 2024. Ms Ramirez spoke at a special event on the Economic Sustainability of Family Farming, Value Chains, and Associativism and shared the experience of Matulatula Agrarian […]
AsiaDHRRA’s landmark initiative on digital agriculture in partnership with the DHRRA and Cambodian Government
AsiaDHRRA and CamboDHRRA organized a dinner meeting with H.E. Dr. Chivoan Sao, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Rural Development of Cambodia, on 26 February 2024. The Ministry pilots a landmark initiative to develop 50 model villages in 25 provinces in Cambodia, with two per province to follow a set of criteria that includes […]
Signing ceremony between AsiaDHRRA and CamboDHRRA in the implementation of SEEDS project
AsiaDHRRA and CamboDHRRA recently signed a partnership to implement the Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) project at Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 26 February 2024. The ceremony was joined by CamboDHRRA’s Chairperson Neth Sovann, AsiaDHRRA’s Secretary-General Marlene Ramirez, CamboDHRRA’s Executive Director Him Noeun, and SEED’s Regional Project Manager Carlo Angelo Cordero. CamboDHRRA will partner […]
Pilot launch of Biyayang Lokal expansion leveraging small businesses and communities
The Rural-Urban Market Link (RUML) project has reached a significant milestone with the pilot launch of Biyayang Lokal expansion in Caloocan City. Productive meetings and fruitful collaboration between RUML and KCOOP through PhilSSA have led to this groundbreaking initiative aiming to streamline ordering and distributing rice as an identified pilot product. Additionally, KCOOP will consolidate […]
Setting the green lights to eliminate child labor through building capacities, multi-stakeholder partnerships and agri-entrepreneurship
The formal signing of AsiaDHRRA’s latest project on “Harnessing CSO Capacities for Eliminating Child Labor (ECL) Action through Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and Agri-entrepreneurship” took place at the Partnership Center, Loyola Heights, Quezon City on 23 January 2024. The ceremony was attended by AsiaDHRRA’s project management and financial team, focal program officers from COM, Kaanib, and PhilDHRRA-Mindanao, […]
