AsiaDHRRA Strategic Action Plan (SAP) 2026–2030
AsiaDHRRA network members gathered in Manila, Philippines for the Listening Conference on the AsiaDHRRA Strategic Action Plan (SAP) 2026–2030. For two days, members came together to review and validate the proposed goals and targets, share their commitments, and align on the next steps toward implementation. The consultation created space for open dialogue, subregional sharing, and […]
Strategic planning and celebrating 50th year anniversary conducted in Indonesia
Bina Desa, or the Indonesian Secretariat for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (InDHRRA), organized its Strategic Planning and 50th anniversary celebration on August 2-4, 2025, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The event was an important opportunity to plan and work on Bina Desa’s directions for the next five years, supporting rural communities. Joined by […]
Public discussion on Blue Revolution: Opportunity or Disaster – Case Study of Jeneponto Regency
Bina Desa and the Sipitangarri Women Fishers Group (KPNS) held a live online open discussion on the findings based on Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) on April 28, 2025. The Jeneponto District in South Sulawesi is one of the locations for Blue Economy development; hence, a shift in marine governance has seriously impacted coastal communities, […]
Enrichment Seminar on Food Sovereignty for Rural Youth
Bina Desa organized a discussion on Food Sovereignty for Rural Youth on March 20, 2025, via an online webinar. Amid the food crisis and climate change, food sovereignty is key to a self-reliant, sustainable future, and the rural youth play a strategic role in preserving and strengthening community-based food systems. Thus, it is necessary to […]
Discussion on natural farming and advocacy consolidation
From 18 to 20 February 2025, Komunitas Swabina Pedesaan Salassae or Salassae Self-reliant Rural Community (KSPS) together with the Natural Farming Advocacy Network of Bulukumba District called the Natural Farming Discussion and Advocacy Consolidation facilitated by Bina Desa. This activity is not just a meeting of farmers but a fundamental step to strengthen the movement […]
Rural youth’s advocacy on digital campaigns through social media
Ciasihan, Bogor, on February 19-21, was filled with the spirit of rural young people. The meeting is not just a light chat under the shady tree or discussion about the upcoming harvest but about something more significant – how the digital world can be a tool for their movement. For three days, rural youth participants […]
Jaringan Perempuan Pedesaan Nusantara (Nusantara Rural Women Network) Advocacy Education
In 2023, at the JPP Nusantara (Nusantara Rural Women Network) working meeting, female cadres expressed great hope for more substantial support and recognition from women’s organizations at the village level. These hopes also included increased funding, fairer regulation, and policies that actually support farmers and fishers. However, behind that hope, the women cadres of JPP […]
Rural School (Sekolah Pedesaan/SEPEDA)
At the beginning of 2024, Bina Desa started accompanying women fishers of Jeneponto District, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, through the initiative of Rural School or Sekolah Pedesaan (SEPEDA). Rural School is a non-formal education program that aims to empower rural communities profoundly and comprehensively. SEPEDA exists as a living-learning space for women fishers, not just a […]
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 […]
A series of meetings updating FO4A project with partner DHRRA and member Farmers’ Organizations in Indonesia
AsiaDHRRA organized a series of meetings with its DHRRA partner, Yayasan Bina Desa, and Farmers’ Organization (FO) members in Indonesia on 6-13 November 2023. The mission’s first leg was with Bina Desa on 6-7 November 2023 in Jakarta, discussing providing technical support and coaching services to its farmers’ organization members. A visit was followed by […]
Shaping and Framing Rural Digitalization – DVEA Validation Workshop in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam
AsiaDHRRA’s partner DHRRAs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam conducted a validation workshop on Digital Village Ecosystem Assessment (DVEA), a component step of the Digital Village Initiative (DVI) programme to analyze and understand the current status of digitalization and readiness of selected villages. The workshop aims to validate the DVEA results by generating feedback on […]
A collaboration to learn and innovate, AsiaDHRRA and Bina Desa’s advisory visit to Ngudi Mulyo and Galih
AsiaDHRRA and Bina Desa (InDHRRA) visited Ngudi Mulyo (NM) and Galih farmers’ group in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, on 7-9 December 2022 to provide advisory services and discuss updates and progress under the Farmers’ Organization for Asia (FO4A) program. Recently, Ngudi Mulyo mobilized support from several government agencies through machinery, tools, and production building to upgrade their […]
Ngudi Mulyo in partnership with InDHRRA conducts e-training on natural farming
Yogyakarta,Indonesia – Ngudi Mulyo in partnership with Yayasan Bina Desa /InDHRRA conducted an online “Training on Development of Natural Agriculture and Aquaculture Planning” on 29-30 June 2020, via Zoom. The training was attended by 26 participants representing seven (7) farmer groups in Patuk and Karangmojo Districts. Ngudi Mulyo is one of the farmers organizations supported by FFP-AFOSP program of Agri […]
AsiaDHRRA Business Planning workshop in Indonesia (with Bina Desa), and, Climate Change mitigation action in Myanmar (with MyanDHRRA) featured in the first bi-yearly EU-ASEAN Newsletter of 2019.
AsiaDHRRA Business Planning workshop in Indonesia (with Bina Desa), and, Climate Change mitigation action in Myanmar (with MyanDHRRA) featured in the first bi-yearly EU-ASEAN Newsletter of 2019. Read the full copy here: https://mailchi.mp/ffdd32d82155/eu-asean-newsletter-jan-june-2019?fbclid=IwAR1GHAKznqbwGNDLwklWrlplXULkmt2kiSWp9BLo6Y05CtRl6BCBaIBafr8
AsiaDHRRA, Bina Desa host South-South Learning Exchange Visit
Jakarta and Bandung, Indonesia –AsiaDHHRA in partnership with Bina Desa (InDHRRA) conducted aSouth-South Learning Exchange (SSLE) Visit, with a theme: “Empowering Rural People’s Organizations through Social Enterprise” on 23-29 August 2017 in Jakarta and Bandung, Indonesia. A total of 46 leaders of rural people’s organizations and representatives of national DHRRAs in 8 Asean Countries participated […]
Bina Desa presents Asiadhrra proposal on ASEAN Peoples' Field School on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change
Ms. Dwi Astuti, Binadesa Executive Director and AsiaDHRRA Vice-Chairperson for Southeast Asia sub-region, participated in the CSO Forum on AFCC held in Manila on March 1, 2011. She presented AsiaDHRRA’s proposal for the establishment of ASEAN Peoples’ Field School on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, a small-scale producer focused regional knowledge management mechanism. Ms. Dwi […]
Bina Desa visits Asiadhrra
AsiaDHRRA welcomed Yuyu Rahayu, Lily Noviani, Nanang Hari, Yasfin, Dwi Astuti of Binadesa who just came from a 7-day exposure visit in organic and agrarian reform communities in Bacolod, Negros Occidental in the Philippines. The visit held from July 19-26, 2010 was supported by Misereor and was arranged by the Paghidaet Foundation, a Misereor partner. […]
DHRRA visits: Malaysia and Indonesia
Two members were visited within the first quarter of 2007 namely DHRRA Malaysia and InDHRRA. The main objective of the visit was, after the formal mandate from the assembly in 2006, to share the strategic plan to a broader stakeholder of each DHRRA (staff and Board) the AsiaDHRRA strategic plan and generate deeper understanding and […]
Bina Desa: Rebuilding the Village
Desperate fishermen, distraught farmers,… In the struck province of Aceh, there must have been several thousands. Millions of euros were collected and put at their disposal by governments to smooth out the consequences of the tsunami. However, the means are primarily allocated to repairing roads, bridges and government buildings. Naturally, this is not unjust. Vredeseilanden, […]
Latest Updates on Bina Desa Jakarta Flood Relief activities
Here’s the latest post from Bina Desa on the flood situation in Jakarta and their ongoing emergency relief efforts to help the flood victims. click to view the pdf Emergency Post Binadesa Flood Relief
30 Years! For InDHRRA (Sekretariat Binadesa)
InDHRRA celebrated its 30th year anniversary in July 21-23, 2005. The anniversary was meaningfully as a community immersion activity in Lorejo Village, in Jogjakarta. True to the spirit of Musyawarah, series of dialogues took place focusing on the issues of agrarian reform, food security, women concerns, and other rural development issues, challenged by the anniversary […]
