In Cambodia, the price of rice (paddy) often falls below KHR 1,000 (USD .24), discouraging farmers from producing rice for commercial purposes. To help its rice producing members, the Farmer and Nature Net Association (FNN) reached out to AMRU Rice Company, which was interested in sourcing organic jasmine rice. FNN facilitated a contract farming partnership […]
We are happy to share the 2024 Directory of Farmers’ Organizations under the APFP-FO4A and ARISE Programs. This directory contains the brief profiles of partner farmers’ organizations and agricultural cooperatives under the Asia-Pacific Farmers’ Program, which is financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and implemented by the consortium Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural […]
On the 5 May 2024, two farmer organizations from Uva Province, Sri Lanka who are engaged in pepper production visited Julampitiya SANASA Cooperative society for a peer-to-peer learning programme. All three farm organizations are affiliated with the Smart farmer programme supported and strengthened by the APFP-FO4A project. The exposure programme was facilitated by SEFEC, the […]