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Presentation AFA
Presentation AFA
Presentation AFA
Introduction
AFA as an alliance of FOs
Peasant agenda includes :
Agriculture in ASEAN
Share of agriculture to GDP, 2004
Substantial percentages
of land resources in many countries in ASEAN are
32.9
35
devoted to agricultural productionIndoesia has the biggest
30
20
21.8
15.6
15.2
15
10
5
0
10.1
90
80
74
69
68
(in percent)
70
53
60
53
46
50
66
37
40
38
30
20
10
0
Cambodia
Indonesia
Philippines
Source: FAOSTAT
Thailand
Viet Nam
( in U S $ M illio n )
100,000
90,000
80,000
71,261
70,000
60,000
50,000
39,700
40,000
30,000
20,176
20,000
10,000
11,926
9,401
3,312
2,051
2,555
55
0
Cambodia
Indonesia
Total exports
Philippines
Thailand
Agricultural Exports
Viet Nam
Strategies-Marketing
Formation, organizing, federating, strengthening of
commodity based producers associations/cooperatives
Development and improvement of traditional, local
markets including wholesale markets owned and
managed by local governments in partnership with
organized small scale food producers
Enhancement of the position of small scale farmers in
sustainable agri food value chain to become a significant
player
Claim making for policies, support services and rural
infrastructure basic for productivity (security of land
tenure, irrigation, production capital, farm to market
roads, crop insurance, market information)
Networking for advocacy and knowledge sharing
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