The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) participated in the just concluded 6th global farmers’ forum held at the headquarters of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome, Italy on February 15-16, coinciding with its tenth anniversary.

Farmer leaders, accompanied by technical staff, represented AFA as a regional farmer organization, as well as their own national farmer organizations. They include: Seu Rany of Farmer and Nature Net (FNN) in Cambodia; Altantuya Tsende-ish of National Association of Mongolian Agricultural Cooperatives (NAMAC); Ana Sibayan of Pambansang Kilusan ng Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA) in the Philippines; Shimpei Murakami of AINOUKAI Japan and AFA (Chairperson); and Esther Penunia, Secretary General of AFA. Also attending as technical staff are FNN Executive Director Pan Sopheap and AFA Policy Advocacy Officer Lany Rebagay and KM Officer Jun Virola.