La investigación y la experiencia acumulada muestran que, si bien los pequeños agricultores no lograron beneficiarse en forma individual del aumento de los precios de los alimentos, aquellos que actuaban colectivamente como miembros de organizaciones y cooperativas de productores sólidas, tuvieron más posibilidades de sacar partido de las oportunidades de mercado y mitigar los efectos negativos de las crisis relacionadas con los alimentos y con otros factores.

These good practices show how group collaboration within organizations and with economic actors and policy-makers, enable small producers to fully participate in the economic, social, and political life of the society they live in. Rural institutions are a tool for social change and economic progress. In order to design efficient policies, decision-makers and development practitioners need to improve their understanding of the factors that can facilitate or inhibit small producers’ collective performance. While highlighting the success factors for small producer organizations to thrive, these good practices can allow development practitioners and other stakeholders to learn from successful initiatives in various...

These good practices show how group collaboration within organizations and with economic actors and policy-makers, enable small producers to fully participate in the economic, social, and political life of the society they live in. Rural institutions are a tool for social change and economic progress. In order to design efficient policies, decision-makers and development practitioners need to improve their understanding of the factors that can facilitate or inhibit small producers’ collective performance. While highlighting the success factors for small producer organizations to thrive, these good practices can allow development practitioners and other stakeholders to learn from successful initiatives in various...