September 2017
The Regional Steering Committee (RSC) of the Medium Term Cooperation Program Phase 2 (MTCP 2) consisting of farmer organisations (FOs) and donor partners will hold its 3rd meeting at Ahmedabad in India from October 6 – 9, 2017. The important meeting is conducted to reflect on the challenges, celebrate the gains and address bottlenecks/weaknesses of the programme to ensure the smallholder FOs are strengthened towards improving their services to its members to increase their income and ensure food security in the Asia-Pacific region. The Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network (PIFON) will be represented at this annual event being a Sub-Regional Implementing Agency (SRIA) for MTCP 2.
The MTCP 2 has been implemented in 18 countries across 3 sub-regions, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Pacific by the Asian Farmers’ Associations for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) but managed by farmer organisations (FOs) at the regional and national levels. The programme has engaged 1,544 sub-national FOs with a total membership of around 18 million women and men farmers.
Since its inception in 2013, PIFON has been managing MTCP 2, a five year programme that is supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Swiss Development Corporation (SDC). AFA is the technical Regional Implementing Agency (RIA) working in partnership with La Via Campesina (LVC) and is the grant recipient and financial manager for the MTCP 2 program.
