A dialogue of priority outputs to enhance business operations of honeybee producers
AsiaDHRRA and the Phuc Thanh Beekeeping Cooperative (PTBC) organized a meeting to discuss the cooperative’s general direction and primary concerns. Mr. Cezar Belangel, AsiaDHRRA’s Program Manager, was met by Dr. Buiquang Toan and the VietDHRRA volunteer staff, Ms. Ly Khanh and Ms. Ngoc Ho, on 24 February 2023 at Phuc Thanh, a Thai Nguyen Province […]
Supporting palm sugar FOs in Vietnam advancing to a full-fledged cooperative
AsiaDHRRA’s Senior Program Manager, Mr. Cezar Belangel, convened a meeting with the An Giang Farmers Union (AGFU) project management committee on 20 February 2022. He was accompanied by Ms. Nguyen Viet Ha, Vice Director of International Cooperation of Vietnam Farmers Union (VNFU), and received by AGFU’s project management committee Director, Mr. Le Hung Cuong. AGFU […]
Sustaining the gains of COMFAS thru expansion and value-addition
6-7 February 2023 – AsiaDHRRA’s Senior Program Manager, Mr. Cezar Belangel, visited the Coalition of Municipal Fishers Association of Zamboanga Sibugay (COMFAS) to review and understand the group’s business operations and provide coaching in their conduct of monitoring and evaluation. Mr. Belangel learned about the group’s financial and functional capacities and planned business in light […]
Counting numbers and synergizing partnerships through coaching to Farmers’ Organization partners
AsiaDHRRA has provided a series of coaching and mentoring with its partner farmers’ organization (FO) finance in November – December 2022 online via Zoom. The practice is part of AsiaDHRRA’s continuing project orientation on accountability requirements per FOs of its Farmers’ Organization for Asia (FO4A) program and aligned with its Strategic Action Plan (SAP). The […]
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 […]
AsiaDHRRA organized a series of MEAL workshop to farmers’ organizations
The Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (AsiaDHRRA) organized a series of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) workshop for its partner DHRRAs and farmers’ organization (FO) in the region on 24, 28, and 31 of October 2022 via zoom conference. The session’s objective is to review and orient the […]
APFP/FO4A Joint Steering Committee Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand
The Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (AsiaDHRRA) on behalf of AgriCord, attended the Asia Pacific Farmer Program (APFP) / Farmer for Asia (FO4A) Joint Steering Committee on 24-25 October 2022, held in a hybrid modality via zoom conference and at the Asia Hotel Bangkok, Thailand. The discussion reviewed the […]
IFAD Supervision and Implementation Support (SIS) Mission in the Philippines
7 September 2022 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), led by Country Director Mr. Hubert Boirard and consultants Mr. Alok Kumar and Tamara Lampe, convened a meeting with AgriCord member agri-agencies implementing the Farmers’ Organization for Asia (FO4A) as part of the regular IFAD SIS mission in the Philippines at the AsiaDHRRA secretariat […]
FO4A program launch in An Giang, Vietnam
AsiaDHRRA and AGFU launched the project “Strengthening ten palm sugar cooperation groups to enhance collective marketing of palm sugar products” under the under Farmers’ Organization for Asia (FO4A) program, in coordination with AgriCord, and funded by EU and IFAD. The event was participated by AGFU’s officials led by its Vice Chair, authorities from the local […]
AsiaDHRRA conducts advisory mission in Vietnam
31 August 2021–AsiaDHRRA organized a ten-day field mission visit to its farmers’ organization partners and convened meetings with its members in Vietnam. Secretary-General Ms. Marlene Ramirez, Finance Manager Ms. Lorna David, and Senior Program Managers Mr. Florante Villas and Mr. Cezar Belangel were accompanied by Ms. Nguyen Thi Viet Hà, Vice-Director of External Affairs & […]
