Forest and Farm Facility

The power of partnerships through training forest and farm producer organizations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US-wZY3txWU

Vu Le Y Voan, Vice Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Viet Nam National Farmers Union (VNFU), explains how market and analysis development training supported by the Forest and Farm Facility has empowered small-scale forest and farm producers. Such training at grassroots level helps smallholders, farmers, indigenous peoples, women members of producer organizations to generate more income and business. By getting organized, producers become more powerful and are able to advocate for their interests. Richard T.A. Dorbor, President of the National Charcoal Union of Liberia explains that through Forest and Farm Facility small grants, the charcoal producers are now recognized as important contributor to the local economy and their voice is heard at policy level in the regulation defined by the government.