The initiatives of farmers’ organizations (FOs) in the ASEAN region under the ASEAN Farmers’ Organisation Support Programme (AFOSP) were presented during the First Regional Youth Talk, held on 8 February 2021 via Zoom. AFOSP is co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and is implemented by the consortium […]
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 […]
BATANGAS, PHILIPPINES – Families in the coastal barangays of Calatagan, Batangas have always relied on the sea for sustenance. Families’ incomes are dependent on fishing and seaweed farming. Seaweed farming started in Calatagan in the 1980s through a project of the UP Marine Science Institute (UP MSI). When the project ended, a couple with their […]