In Hpayargyikone village, Myanmar, there are 37 farmer members of the Agriculture and Farmers’ Federation of Myanmar (AFFM), and 32 of them are coffee farmers. U Zaw Myo Naing is one of these coffee farmers. He owns six acres of land he uses in cultivating organic Arabica coffee beans. For many years, coffee farmers in […]
Background The Agriculture and Farmer Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) partnered with NEED Myanmar to train young farmers on organic farming concepts and technologies. Ye Htut, a 32-year old farmer member from Tha Byay Kong village, Thanlyin Township in Yangon, is one of the scholars that AFFM sent to the Eco Village Farm School (EVF) in […]
The youth are the future of agriculture. However, the Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar (AFFM), the national implementing agency of AFOSP-MTCP2 in Myanmar, saw low participation of youth in agribusiness, which is attributed to the limited access to resources such as land, start-up capital, business mentors, and increasing number of youth moving from rural […]