Introduction We, the members and partners of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), representing the small-scale coffee producing communities across 7 Asian nations – Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Philippines and Vietnam – have convened last 22 August 2023 to deliberate on the potential ramifications of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) […]
The central regional stakeholder consultation event organized by SANASA International under the FO4A program referred to as the SMART FARMER project was successfully completed on 17 August 2023 with the attendance of more than 100 participants. The participants included the Deputy Director (Kandy) of the Department of Agriculture, the Commissioner of Cooperatives of the Central Province, the Assistant […]
Pursat, Cambodia – In Veal Veng district, Pursat province, Cambodia, Nop Kolap once struggled to make ends meet. Her family of five depended on irregular farm labor. She used to be employed to harvest potatoes and maize for KHR 20,000 (USD 5) a day. Her husband’s job as a pepper harvester brought in about KHR 600,000 (USD […]