Yangon, Myanmar – Hitting two birds with one stone–is how we can describe this initiative of the Agriculture and Farmer Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) to help their members during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. AFFM is the AFOSP partner farmers’ organization in Myanmar. AFFM, one of the sectorial affiliates of CTUM, has more than 528 Basic […]
MARIKINA CITY, PHILIPPINES – The lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity for farmers groups/cooperatives in the Philippines to sell their produce directly to consumers. On 3 May 2020, with the help of PAKISAMA, one of AFOSP-APFP partner organizations in the Philippines, their member organization Kababaihang Dumagat ng Sierrra Madre (K-GAT), a start-up […]
The Philippines still has a high number of cases and high mortality. The entire mainland Luzon is under an enhanced community quarantine. A total lockdown has been declared in major provinces in Luzon and the Visayas island groups. But there will be a relaxation of the lockdown in some areas where there are zero or […]