Ana Sibayan from Mindoro, Philippines in Southeast Asia shares about her experiences and lessons learned as a young person adopting organic agriculture at the Sixth Farmers’ Forum in IFAD, Rome, Italy on 16 February 2016. Through the Medium Term Cooperation Program Phase Two (MTCP2) Programme, implemented by the consortium Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural […]
Serenia Madigibuli from Tu Tu Taveuni, Fiji in the Pacific, representing PIFON, shares experiences and lessons in developing capacities of rural youth in agriculture during the Sixth Farmers’ Forum in IFAD, Rome on 15-16 February 2016.
Secretary General of the Indonesian Peasant Alliance (API), Muhammad Nuruddin, criticized the government programs to increase the production of rice, corn and soybeans (pajale) Indonesia. The reason, in the procurement of seeds, goverment encourage farmers to cooperate with big companies, and is not beneficial for farmers. Nuruddin said, the way this government will only make […]