New report from IIED and MVIWAARUSHA captures the role of smallholder farmers and their organizations in Northern Tanzania for preserving agrobiodiversity. Smallholder farming families in Tanzania play a vital role in producing varied and nutritious food for households and market demand. But how can we ensure that this agricultural production is ...

Join FFF partners to hear and share successful experiences and best practices on finance. Participants will identify appropriate financing instruments for scaling up, including carbon and biodiversity finance and internal finance mechanisms developed by smallholder producer organizations. Register to the event.

Join FFF partners and the Global Bio Energy Partnership to learn more about grass charcoal as an alternative to woodfuel in Ghana. Register to join the webinar.

A new report by IIED demonstrates how community microfinance mechanisms are key to unlocking finance for forest and farm producers.

Isabela Núñez del Prado Nieto discusses how the pioneering work of a women’s trade union in India could inspire and strengthen women forest and farm producers.

FAO Representative in Zambia, with Swedish and Finnish donors' representatives visited the Choma Tree Nursery, Tubeleke women & Choma Charcoal groups supported by the FFF in their resilient activities to climate change.

Shared labels used by smallholder producers can promote biocultural diversity, build climate resilience and drive social justice. Read this blog by Kata Wagner, Researcher in IIED’s Natural Resources research group.

Join Foret and Farm Facility partners at International Day of Forests event: Women leaders in forestry with Ms Marie-Orléa VINA, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Madagascar. Contact us for vitual participation, Zoom links available. 

Between 20-22 February, the FFF team presented its 2022 results to its donors and Steering Committee members who provided FFF partners with guidance on future work. More than two-thirds of the FFF budget in 2022 was provided as direct support to grassroots organizations. These organizations strengthened the profitability of their enterprises, helped ...

A new report by IIED reveals the vital role of Indigenous chakra systems and the producer organizations that work in them in conserving agro-biodiversity and building resilient communities.