The Forest and Farm Facility provides direct financial support and technical assistance to strengthen forest and farm producer organizations representing smallholders, rural women’s groups, local communities and indigenous peoples’ institutions. Collectively, forest and farm producers have the potential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to respond to climate change at landscape scales. A partnership between FAO, IIED, IUCN and AgriCord, the Forest and Farm Facility is funded by Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, Finland, the United States of America, the Netherlands and IKEA.
Highlights
Approximately 1.6 billion smallholder and family farmers, Indigenous Peoples and local communities inhabit forest landscapes. Many of them struggle to access finance from banks and microfinance institutions, government support programmes or private-sector partners.
To improve their access to markets and finance, individuals work together to establish forest and farm producer organisations...
With just 80 of the 7,000 plant species humans have historically cultivated making a major contribution to today’s global food supply, the world has witnessed an alarming loss of agrobiodiversity.
The conference will combine high‑level dialogues, evidence‑based case studies, field visits and interactive working sessions to move from shared learning to concrete commitments for scaling producer‑led transformation.
In their latest brief, IIED outline how collective action is highly effective at bolstering long-term social, economic and environmental sustainability for communities.
Report “Feeding the World in a changing climate - Adaptation finance needs of small-scale producers"
A new report by Climate Focus for Family Farmers for Climate Action highlights that smallholder farmers—who produce half of the world’s food calories—need US$443 billion annually to adapt to climate change. The study shows current global investment covers less than 1% of this, underscoring the urgent need to scale up...
Join the Forest and Farm Facility and partners online to explore how forest and farm producer organizations influence and shape national and subnational policies and legal frameworks to create more supportive environments for their members. Speakers from Bolivia, Ghana, Madagascar and Nepal will share their experiences.
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