The Asia Pacific region braces itself as El Niño, the notorious climate phenomenon marked by Pacific Ocean surface temperature rise, makes its presence felt. Asia-Pacific countries now could face the consequential impacts, including erratic weather patterns such as prolonged droughts, unpredictable rainfall, and extreme events like cyclones and floods. But it’s not just the weather… Read More
Indonesia is a Southeast Asian country that heavily relies on rice imports. With the growing population, more agricultural lands in Indonesia are being turned into residential and industrial areas. The increase in agricultural land conversion is not balanced with progressive agricultural technology to maintain rice production. This poses a threat to food security, leaving farmers… Read More
The three recipients of the IAMCR-FAO Rural Communication Services (RCS) Research Awards presented their papers at a special panel during the IAMCR 2023 Conference in Lyon, France on July 12, 2023 where they were also formally recognized. The session was also live streamed via Zoom and the Cccomdev Facebook page. The award’s goal is to recognize and support research… Read More
Most farm families in Timor-Leste own livestock, making cattle farming the industry with the greatest potential for supporting family farmers in rural areas. While the government is committed to helping family farmers make the transition from subsistence to industrial farming, the top-down approach in innovation packages has been rendered ineffective in sparking sustainable change. Thus,… Read More
The 28th International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tourism, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) Congress passed a resolution on Achieving voice, visibility, validation of women workers in honor of Sister Ela R. Bhatt (Elaben), the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India, who passed away November last year. Together with the… Read More
Los Baños, Philippines – The Agricultural Systems Institute of the College of Agriculture and Food Science of the University of the Philippines Los Baños organized a webinar that tackled the current trends and perspectives on youth and agriculture in the Philippines, June 7. Ms. Teresa Joi P. De Leon, an anthropologist and process innovator in… Read More
CCComDev invites you to the first installment of its webinar series for this year, featuring: Webcasting of the IAMCR-FAO RCS Research Awardees Special Session at IAMCR Lyon 2023. This will happen on 12 July 2023 (15:45 – 17:30 CEST). FAO and IAMCR, in cooperation with CCComDev, have agreed to collaborate to support the activities of… Read More
The three winners of the IAMCR-FAO Rural Communication Services Research Award will present their papers at a special panel at the upcoming IAMCR’s 2023 conference to be held in Lyon, France, from 9 to 13 July (Lyon23), with an Online Conference Papers (OCP23) component from 26 June to 5 July. The Special Session devoted to… Read More
This story is about community radio (CR) Sagor Giri and a community of fisherfolks in the Mirjanagor village – both situated in Sitakund, Chattogram, a south-eastern district in, Bangladesh. An active AMARC member, radio Sagor Giri was established in the year 2012. As per CR regulations of Bangladesh, the station operates with a transmission power… Read More
The Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition closed on Friday in Chile with a new Global Parliamentary Pact to work towards the transformation of agrifood systems and to promote the right to adequate food for all. “This event has demonstrated that the first meeting of parliamentarians in 2018 in Spain was not a coincidence. A… Read More
