To learn, share information, and promote and advocate for sustainable agriculture practices of organic farming, integrated crop and pest management, biodiversity farming, and, importantly, the rights of farmers to have control over their seeds...  

        In Nepal, last year was underscored by much political unrest, conflict, and socio-economic uncertainty. However, things were a little different for 1394 farmers of 47 Farmer Field Schools groups...  

        Nepal, situated in the Central Himalaya, has diverse physiographic zones, climatic contrasts, and altitudinal variations. The country has only about 0.1 percent of the total land mass of the world while it harbors over 2 percent of flowering plants...  

        The recent collapse of the Doha Rounds of trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO), while viewed by many from the developing South as welcome news, has also created more intense competition among member countries...  

        Make ‘Aid for Trade’ work for Asia’s farmers...  

        Biofuels are considered as substitutes to traditional fossil fuels as they are renewable, come with less damaging environmental externalities, are economically viable, and are associated with strong income...  

        Like most other farmers in his native Mangalore, southern India, Sunny D’Souza, had always farmed using ample doses of chemical-based agricultural inputs on his crops. It was the only type of farming he had known.  

        To highlight action points for farmers’ rights advocacy, over forty farmers, (including female farmers), extension workers, and agriculture practitioners recently attended APHD partner  

        Agricultural seeds are of vital importance to the people of Bangladesh, particularly millions of small-scale farmers who constitute more than sixty-six per cent of our population (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistic 2003).