I work as secretary general of the Asian Farmers Association (AFA), which is an alliance of national farmers federations and organizations in Asia, currently with 12 member organizations in 10 countries, representing 11m small scale women and men/ family farmers. AFA carries out programs on policy advocacy, knowledge management, enterprise development and governance. It conducts activities related to policy information, analyses and campaigns as well as dialogues with decision makers, both at national, regional and international levels. It provides technical and managerial support to members’ initiatives on farmers’ organizing and empowerment, organizational development and management , access to natural and production resources, sustainable agriculture, equity led marketing and trading. It likewise develops projects along these areas that are implemented in selected countries.