Local visits with smallholder farmers documenting stories of change on digital agriculture conducted in Vietnam
AsiaDHRRA’s Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) Project team, in coordination with the Viet Nam Farmer’s Union (VNFU), organized collaborative meetings and site visits on September 11-13, 2025, in Hanoi and Bac Ninh province of Vietnam. The activities involved a project review with stakeholders and documentation of stories of change with smallholder farmers regarding […]
Digital knowledge and marketing in agriculture workshops for Cambodian farmers organized
The Cambodian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (CamboDHRRA) conducted trainings on Digital Literacy and Online Marketing for members of agricultural cooperatives in the provinces of Kampong Chhang and Takeo in Cambodia in June 2025. There were 22 women farmers from Anchanh Roung Samaythmei Agricultural Cooperative in Boribo District, Kampong Chhang, […]
Advancing agricultural digital and innovation skills of farming leaders in Cambodia
The Cambodian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (CamboDHRRA) organized a coordination meeting on June 20, 2025, with Udom Surya Agricultural Community’s Board of Directors in Tram Bok district, province of Takeo. The activity has trained farmer leaders’ capacity on digital knowledge to advance environmentally driven farming practices. The activities have […]
IFAD’s supervision visit to farmers’ organization in the Philippines
AsiaDHRRA and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) visited the Matulatula Agrarian Reform Community Cooperative (MarCCO) on June 24, 2025, in Pola, Oriental Mindoro. Led by the Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) project team, Ms. Karmela Trillanes and Mr. Aaron Balatucan, the visit is part of IFAD’s Supervision and Implementation Support (SIS) […]
Training of trainers on digital transformation in agriculture and agricultural cooperatives in Bac Giang Province, Vietnam
The Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VNFU) supported by AsiaDHRRA’s Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) Project, has conducted a series of training on digital transformation in agriculture and agricultural cooperatives in Hiep Hoa (May 7-8, 2025), Son Dong (May 9-10, 2025), and Luc Ngan (May 11-12, 2025, including Chu town) districts in Bac Giang province. […]
Human-Centered Design workshop for farmers’ organization on digital agriculture
The Cambodian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (CamboDHRRA) hosted a Human-Centered Design (HCD) workshop on April 28-29, 2025, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The training was joined by 29 farmer participants from 11 agritech startups and supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food […]
Supervision and implementation support mission conducted by IFAD
AsiaDHRRA and the Cambodian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (CamboDHRRA) welcomed a delegation from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for a Supervision and Implementation Support (SIS) mission on April 24-25, 2025, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The purpose of the visit is to review and discuss the progress of […]
Project Advisory Meeting on Digital Agriculture
AsiaDHRRA, in coordination with CamboDHRRA, organized a regional Project Advisory Meeting for its Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) Project on 27 February 2025 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Participated by its regional and national project teams and advisory working groups, the meeting was convened to ensure and support the project’s implementation and mobilization of […]
Digital learning with farmers organization in Cambodia
AsiaDHRRA’s Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) Project team and CamboDHRRA organized a two-day workshop on basic digital literacy and digital marketing with farmers’ organizations on 24-25 February 2025. Organized in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the event gathered and capacitated participants from selected agricultural cooperatives on the functionalities of mobile phone usage, online navigation, and […]
Training of trainers on digital agriculture with farmers’ organization in the south
A joint effort between AsiaDHRRA and PhilDHRRA to capacitate farmers’ organizations on basic digital and financial literacy was conducted on 19 February 2025 in Mapua, Balingoan, Misamis Oriental. Members of Kabangasan-Mapua-Dahilig Arc Cooperative (KAMADA Arc Coop) participated in the workshop, which AsiaDHRRA’s Smallholder Economic Empowerment supported through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) project. The learnings highlighted an […]
Scaling-up farmers’ digital and financial literacy organized by Farmers’ Organization
Farmers’ Organization Matulatula Agrarian Reform Community Cooperative (MARCCO) conducted a Basic Digital and Financial Literacy workshop with their cluster farmers members on 18 February 2025 in Victoria, Mindoro Oriental. The activity is part of a series of MARCCO’s cascading workshops to capacitate their farmers on basic smartphone functions to navigate the web, application use, and […]
Calibrating results, recognizing achievements, and re/shaping regional strategic plans
The AsiaDHRRA secretariat convened its annual assessment and planning to evaluate the network’s program and project results based on Strategic Action Plan (SAP) 2021-2025. The objective of the yearly activity is to assess the accomplished work versus the targets, respond to gaps, and define strategies contributing to the realization of SAP. Focusing on the most […]
Second batch of capacitating farmers on basic digital literacy and financial training
AsiaDHRRA’s Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) Project and PhilDHRRA jointly conducted the second batch on capacitating Farmers’ Organization (FOs) from Batu Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BAFAMCO) and Coalition of Municipal Fisherfolk Associations (COMFAS) in Zamboanga, Sibugay on 14-15 December 2024. The two-day workshop covered learnings on basic digital literacy and financial training for farming, […]
Capacitating farmers on basic digital literacy and financial training
Day 1: AsiaDHRRA’s Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) Project conducted a two-day workshop on capacitating member farmers of Matulatula Agrarian Reform Community Cooperative (MARCCO) on 9-10 December 2024 at Pola, Oriental Mindoro. The first day of the workshop focused on essential functions and understanding using smartphones, operating systems, applications, and best practices for […]
Job Opening: Regional/Philippines Project Manager
REGIONAL/PHILIPPINES PROJECT MANAGER — Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) Project Position Accountability: At the regional level: Responsible for the implementation of the Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) project in the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam. Has overall and ultimate accountability for the achievement of SEEDS objectives, deliverables, milestones, activities, outputs and outcomes within […]
Regional workshop on building digital agriculture capacities of smallholder farmers organizations
AsiaDHRRA is organizing a capacity-building workshop on digital agriculture through its project “Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS)” from 19-22 August 2024 at Oracle Hotel, Quezon City, Philippines. The workshop titled “Training of Trainers for Equipping Digital Agriculture Arrowheads for the Project Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions” is joined by DHRRA and farmers’ […]
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, […]
SEEDS collaboration with the Philippine’s Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)
AsiaDHRRA and the Philippines’s Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) met via Zoom conference to collaborate on AsiaDHRRA’s digital agriculture project – Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) on 11 April 2024. The department’s Undersecretary, Ms. Jocelle Batapa Sigue has joined the regional Project Advisory Group (PAG) and will provide strategic guidance to […]
Project contract signing and partners’ meeting with the farmers union in Vietnam
AsiaDHRRA and the Viet Nam Farmers’ Union (VNFU) signed a partnership contract to implement the Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) project on 2 March 2024. A stakeholders’ meeting followed the event in Bac Giang province, where two districts, namely Luc Ngan and Hiep Hoa, were visited. AsiaDHRRA, accompanied by VNFU, met with the […]
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 […]
