AFA goes autonomous!
The Executive Committee of AFA decided to put up its own secretariat office in Manila last July 23, 2007. The decision marked the end of a process of autonomy which began in 2002, facilitated by its NGO partner and catalyst, AsiaDHRRA. It signalled the readiness of AFA leaders to take on bigger responsibilities in organizational […]
AsiaDHRRA participates in Philippines Altour Planning Workshop
Ms. Lorna David, AsiaDHRRA CBRMD Program officer, is set to participate in the Provincial Ecotourism Research Validation and Planning Workshop to be held on October 10-11, 2007, in the Irosin Sorsogon, Philippines. The workshop is being conducted by LIKAS, a Sorsogon-based NGO with the support of Peace and Equity Foundation, the Foundation for Sustainable Society, […]
Eid Mubarak!
AsiaDHRRA set to participate in 3rd APHD Pan Asia Farmers’ Conference
AsiaDHRRA has been invited by APHD SA to participate in the 3rd APHD Pan Asia Farmers’ Conference to be held on October 17-25, 2007 in the Province of Bohol located in the central part of the Philippines. The event includes two days of field exposure and community immersion in the Diocese of Talibon; and four […]
JaDHRRA launches Japanese Youth Philippine Exposure 2007
Twelve (12) japanese college students from Otemon University and Kobe University, led by their teachers, Dr. Yoshikuni Yatani and Dr. Hiroyuki Fujioka are set to begin their exposure program in the Philippines. They will visit farming communities in Camarines Sur and Legazpi City in the Bikol region and an urban poor community in Quezon City […]
Congratulations Guil!
Round-table discussion on Alternative Framework on Trade: WTO and Beyond
August 28, 2007 | 1:30-5:00 pm Partnership Center, 59 C. salvador St. Loyola Hts. QC, Philippines Organized by: TAG, AsiaDHRRA, AFA with funding support from Agriterra and Oxfam Rationale: Since its inception 12 years ago, the World Trade Organization (WTO) (along with the current global trade system that it promotes) has miserably failed to deliver […]
Congratulations Datuk Muthu!
VietDHRRA: continuing human resource development in the countryside
IN 2006, VietDHRRA completed the household surveys for 11 pilot villages at 10 different provinces throughout the country. Covered in the research were the existing situation of farmer production, community lives and potentials of human resource development for rural areas. The network also conducted 6 TOT courses for more than 150 participants coming from 19 […]
Empowering and Engaging Rural People with the Market: AsiaDHRRA Experience
As a regional network, the most significant contribution of AsiaDHRRA is the formation of a regional federation of farmers – the Asian Farmers’Association for Sustainable Rural Development or AFA, a regional alliance of farmer federations and organizations in ten Asian countries, representing 9 million farmers. Established in May 2002, its formation was a fruit of […]
