Author: Asia Pacific Farmers

Pursat, Cambodia – In Veal Veng district, Pursat province, Cambodia, Nop Kolap once struggled to make ends meet. Her family of five depended on irregular farm labor. She used to be employed to harvest potatoes and maize for KHR 20,000 (USD 5) a day. Her husband’s job as a pepper harvester brought in about KHR 600,000 (USD […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), a network of family farmer organizations representing around 12 million farmers in 16 countries in Asia, is providing technical and business development services including amplifying the voices of the farmers in Southeast, East, Central, South Asia and the Pacific. With the support of different international partners […]
In Bangladesh, the National Family Farmers Forum and Partners Consultation on Food System Transition and Climate Resiliency was conducted on 8 August 2023 and attended by farmers’ organizations’ representatives and the SAARC Agriculture Center.