Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development

We are a regional alliance of national federations and organizations of small scale women and men farmers and producers.

We were established in 2002 after a series of farmers’ exchange visits (FEVs) organized by our strategic NGO partner, AsiaDHRRA (Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia).

In these five FEVs, conducted over three years, we saw the great need to come, share, learn and act together to-wards our common desire for a better quality of life for ourselves, our families, and our farming communities.

AFA invites national farmers’ organiza-tions as members and works with NGOs in facilitating the formation of national farmers’ organizations and in continuously building their capacities.

It convenes a General Assembly every two years and an Executive Committee meeting every semester.

Our Vision

We envision our rural farming communities as:

• Self-reliant, educated, happy, healthy, peaceful, and prosperous–free from hunger and poverty.
• Having access to and control over our lands, other basic productive resources, goods and services.
• Having access to fair markets for our products.
• Nurturing our farmlands via appro-priate, integrated, and environment-friendly practices and technologies.
• Participating in development processes through politically strong, socially responsive, culturally sensitive and economically viable FOs.