To reduce the dependency on agribusiness’ food, Assembly of the Poor (AOP) communities in Thailand produce various traditional and forest food as an alternative to the ones sold in supermarkets. AOP is AFOSP-APFP partner farmers organization in Thailand.
In 1994, a community in Kyawhgulay village, Danu Self Administered Zone, Ywangan Township, Shan State, Myanmar established a village conservation forest (CF). The applied for registration in 2003-2004 and was granted a certificate for 130 acres of land in 2005. They applied for certification for the second time and was granted a total of 1300 […]
This article was originally published by FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok/Manila/Jakarta/Rome. Asia-Pacific’s smallholder family farmers produce most of the world’s food, yet they are facing a disproportionate impact on their livelihoods and food security due to the present coronavirus pandemic, a collaboration of FAO and advocacy groups warned today. The COVID-19 impact on […]