This story was written by the editorial staff of the EU-ASEAN Blue Book 2021 If you want to have a peaceful life, be a farmer. If you want to be rich, be an entrepreneur. Naning Suprawati is the eldest daughter in a family of farmers and while she never argued with her father, she had […]
The Assembly of the Poor (AOP) is a nationwide grassroots movement for peasants’ rights. AOP members are mostly peasant groups with several worker unions. AOP is a member of La Via Campesina in the Southeast and East Asia Region. Due to their difficult economic situation, the majority of the members still practice conventional agriculture. Although […]
Srakaew Province, Thailand — Kok Edoi Community was established in 1997 by villagers from 6 villages in Thapparat Sub-district, Ta Phraya District, Srakaew Province near the Cambodian border. The villagers were moved out from their original farmland because the Border Patrol Police wants the land for military practices in 1993. After joining the Assembly of […]