Forum on the ADB

Posted Thu, 06/03/2010 - 11:30 by phildhrra

A forum on the project, entitled, “Strengthening Social Accountability Mechanisms for Food Security and Agricultural Development,” was held last 18 May 2010 at the Discovery Suites, Makati, wherein the Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) presented the study findings on the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) public expenditure process on the agriculture sector.

Philippines’ Farmers for Food (PhilFF) Project

Posted Tue, 06/01/2010 - 18:15 by National Secretariat

As a continuing endeavor to strengthen the capacities of sugar and corn farmers, the Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) has just partnered with the National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO) in implementing a project, entitled, “Philippines’ Farmers for Food (PhilFF).”  The PhilFF project is a capacity building initiative for the members of four networks/federations of farmers, namely, National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO), Federation of Free Farmers (FFF), Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasak

Climate change ‘will hit women harder’

Posted Wed, 05/19/2010 - 10:43 by National Secretariat

RURAL women are more vulnerable to climate change than men, and SA needs to take this gender effect into account in its national planning, climate change activists warn.

SA is likely to feel the consequences of climate change particularly in terms of water availability and from a compounding of the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic , nongovernmental organisations say.

Women are more vulnerable to climate change because they are more likely to be poor and have fewer coping mechanisms than men, and have additional responsibilities.

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