Farmers in Tholakhom district, Vientiane province, have had rich experience in lowland rice farming practices for ages. Smallholder farmers worked individually and then farmers formed the Jaeng Agriculture Cooperative. The farmers produced tons of rice on a yearly basis, however, they face permanent market issues to sell their produce and farmers felt reluctant to grow […]
In Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia, the price of rice is very low that farmers are discouraged to produce rice for commercial purposes. To help rice farmers in the area, Farmer and Nature Net (FNN) communicated with AMRU Rice Company, which was then looking for organic jasmine rice, to partner with Kraing Leav Agriculture Cooperative in […]
Kathmandu, Nepal – What is a gender-sensitive value chain? This was the main question posed for the participants of the Regional Consultation Workshop on Understanding and Promoting Gender Sensitive Value Chain in South Asia at the start of the three-day meeting held at Hotel Marshyangdi, Kathmandu, Nepal on 12-14 June 2019. Women and youth farmers […]