ASEAN farmers discuss opportunities and challenges of family farming

To deepen awareness and appreciation of the various initiatives among stakeholders working on agricultural cooperation, the ASEAN Foundation, in partnership with the European Union (EU), organised a roundtable workshop in Jakarta on November 7, 2016. The workshop also explored, among others, potential tripartite cooperation between ASEAN, EU, and the Farmers Organisations (FOs) to concretise actions points related to institutionalised mechanism for policy and social dialogue.
The roundtable discussion also included a dialogue with the EU Agriculture Commissioner, and a deliberation among ASEAN, EU, FOs, the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and other relevant key stakeholders to strengthen the role of youth and agricultural cooperatives in the ASEAN regional integration process, and to promote sustainable agriculture development for poverty alleviation.
Press-release at the official ASEAN web-site