Co-Chair of Assembly of Members 2003-2005
Member of the International Land Coalition 2003
Member of the Coalition Council 2003-05; 2005-07

ARnet

Advocacy

Launching LAND Parnterships at WSSD, Johannesburg, 2002

Community Empowerment Facility

Strengthening a sustainable development platform of farmers and indigenous organizations, contemplating defence and access to land, irrigation water and production activities in the regions of el gran chaco americano, puna americana and desert of mendoza

Knowledge Programme

Adapting New Agrarian Reform Strategies in Asia to Meet Current Challenges

LAND Partnerships

A Review of LAND Partnerships in the Philippines - Antonio Quizon, Meynardo Mendoza, and Gregorio Quitangon PDF 1371KB

Land Watch Asia

This site was created as part of the Land Watch Campaign being spearheaded by the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC)

 

ANGOC seeks to address the key issues related to agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture and rural development in Asia by providing a forum for civil-society organizations in Asia to articulate their needs and concerns and to develop programmes and activities to respond to these needs.

ANGOC's activities on agrarian reform and rural development are wide-ranging, among which are:

Documentation of national experiences on agrarian reform. ANGOC has recently compiled profiles and data bases of civil-society organizations involved in agrarian reform from Cambodia, Indonesia, The Philippines and Thailand. It has likewise prepared a regional overview paper gauging the impact of land and tenurial reform in improving food security in the four countries and describing best practices on agrarian reform by civil-society organizations.

Organizing regional and international fora for networking among civil society organizations. As part of its policy advocacy, ANGOC takes a lead in organizing various regional and international conferences to continue to focus on the importance and imperative of agrarian reform and rural development in the international development community. In October 1999, it organized with support from the International Land Coalition, the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development - WCARRD 20/20 (Emerging Trends and Perspectives of Agrarian Reform in Asia). This workshop reviewed the programme of the 1979 FAO-sponsored WCARRD and concluded that the goals and proposed actions are as relevant today as 20 years ago, given the current 350 million people who are landless and near landless. ANGOC also helped to organize in 2000 the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development sponsored by the Philippine government's Department of Agrarian Reform. These conferences served as important opportunities to strengthen links among individuals and groups involved in agrarian reform at the same time provided valuable updates and insights on the issues.

Linking agrarian reform initiatives at local level with policy advocacy. ANGOC has likewise been involved in agrarian reform initiatives at the local level in the Philippines which it links with its advocacy programme for macro-policy reform. Its negotiations for example with the Philippine government facilitated the awarding of Integrated Social Forestry Stewardship Contract Certificates covering 1,250 hectares to 180 upland farmer families in Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao. The ANGOC Secretariat similarly assisted the farmers in the Carpio-Rufino land dispute case in Bukidnon Province, also in Mindanao, to obtain their legal rights to the land.

Lobbying and advocacy
Organizing regional and international meetings on agrarian reform Agrarian reform implementation in The Philippines
Land Acquisition
Land Tenure Systems
Community Capacity Building
Network Building
Institutional Development
Lobbying and Advocacy
Policy Research
Post land Acquisition Services
Land Literacy
Women's Access to Land
Indigenous Peoples Resources Rights
Conflict and Conflict Management
Environmental Sustainability