A Celebration of 50th Year: Empowered to Lead and Innovate!

AsiaDHRRA, with its partner DHRRAs, farmer organizations, development partners, and donors, celebrated its 50th Anniversary, recalling its milestone, priorities on family farming, farmers forum, and new programming cycle in 2025, in Ha Noi, Vietnam, on 22 to 25 December 2024. The first day of celebration reflected on recognizing the founding leaders (including posthumously) who sustained […]
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 […]
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 […]
Round Table Consultation on the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF), Cambodia

AsiaDHRRA and the Cambodian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (CamboDHRRA) jointly organized a round table discussion on the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) on July 18, 2024, at Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh. The event assessed the country’s implementation status in the context of the UNDFF Global Action Plan […]
Celebrating 40th anniversary through partnerships and Agroecology advocacy

The Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) celebrated its 40th anniversary by organizing a Tree Planting activity with the Center for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development – Pilipinas (CARRD), Tuy Natural Farming Association, supported by the Tuy Municipal Police and AsiaDHRRA. The significant event was held at Sitio Maligtong, […]
CSO meeting in preparation of forest resources management in Lao PDR

AsiaDHRRA’s partner organization, Lao Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (Lao DHRRA), participated in a meeting on forest resources management organized by the Lao Civil Society Organization Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (Lao CSO FLEGT) on 2-3 July 2024 at Vientiane Plaza Hotel, Lao PDR. The event was a preparatory […]
Enhancing communication in the network through monthly information dissemination

The Cambodian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (CamboDHRRA) recently updated the network through its monthly production and dissemination of e-Newsletter, which is posted on the website and official Facebook page. The knowledge product serves as a documented compilation of the organization’s latest news on projects, partnerships, and future engagement, including […]
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 […]
SEEDS Project Orientation to select farmers organization in Cambodia

From 27 to 29 May 2024, the Cambodhrra project management team visited and oriented seven farming communities in three selected provinces targeted for implementing the Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) project. The team assessed seven agricultural cooperatives (AC) in three select provinces, as their partner farmer organizations suggested, including the FNN, FWN, FAEC, […]
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 […]