February 13—In celebration of World Radio Day 2024 with the theme “Radio: A century informing, entertaining and educating”, ComDev Asia spotlights its Rural Radio Initiative 2023 as part of its continuing commitment to advancing sustainable agriculture and rural development in Asia-Pacific. The Rural Radio Initiative 2023 was implemented in Asia through the ComDev Asia platform… Read More
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) together with its partners has launched a video contest to showcase farmers’ resiliency and ingenuity as we highlight their innovative solutions, strategies, and success stories in their fight against climate change. Titled “Advancing Climate Resiliency through Farmers’ Organizations and Cooperatives”, the contest seek to inspire and… Read More
Participatory content development and involvement of the audience throughout the production cycle is one of the most significant highlights of a local broadcaster. This characteristic has been maintained during the production and dissemination of all radio programs produced to propel the Regional Awareness Radio Campaign under the aegis of the United Nations decade of Family… Read More
ComDev Asia, one of the regional communication development initiatives of FAO took part in the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) Global Forum on inclusive Rural Communication Services (RCS) last 11 July, 2022. The forum aims at sharing insights on trends, experiences and appropriation of media and Information and Communication Technologies for development (ICT4D), and to… Read More
ComDev Asia, a regional initiative that promotes Communication for Development in Asia-Pacific, will be featured in a side event of 36th Session of the FAO Regional Conference in the region (APRC 36), 9 March 2022 (1:00PM Dhaka Time). This hybrid event aims to share the progress and achievements of the UN Decade of Family Farming in… Read More
ComDevAsia has successfully launched the second phase of its awareness campaign for family farming via web conference, Dec.7. With the theme “Family Farming at the Heart of Sustainable Food Systems”, the campaign seeks to inform family farmers and the general public about the contribution of family farming to sustainable food systems and the progress of… Read More
ComDev Asia will be launching a new Rural Communication Services (RCS) Initiative and Community of Practice in the Asia-Pacific region. This virtual event will happen via Zoom on the 18 November, 2021 at 6:00PM (Manila Time). The launch is in support of the implementation of a regional Participatory Communication Plan (PCP) within the framework of the United… Read More
ComDev Asia (CDA), a regional initiative that promotes Communication for Development (ComDev) in the Asia-Pacific, successfully launched its awareness campaign for family farming last 13 July 2021. This virtual event was attended by more communication officers, farmers’ organizations, community radio broadcasters, non-government workers, and the academe in the region. With the theme, Family Farming at… Read More
This article is originally published by FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Innovation, solidarity, coherence and strong partnership among and within countries of Asia and the Pacific are required for the region to rebound from the damage caused by COVID-19 and the ongoing effects of chronic undernourishment. That was a call made by… Read More
This article is originally published by FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. 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… Read More
