Timor-Leste – The Asosiasaun Nasional Produtor Fini Komersial (ANAPROFIKO) is a young organisation with a big job. It was established in 2015, as part of the Timor Leste Seeds of Life project, to act as the conduit between the government and the community seed producers. However, when the Seeds of Life project ended in mid-2016, […]
PIFON has undertaken a scoping study on the current status of National Farmer Organizations (NFOs) in Timor-Leste, and on the opportunities for engagement with PIFON. A local consultant was hired to carry out this work in consultation with the Timorese Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) and other relevant stakeholders. The scoping report identified that […]
When MTCP2 was launched in Bangladesh, one of the focus group discussions took place in the district of Bhola, which looks out onto the Bay of Bengal. This is an area where farmers are regularly hit by foods and often sustain very expensive losses of seeds. Local farmers took the opportunity to tell their troubles […]