Forest and Farm Facility

FFF - Finance event, Sept 2025
10/09/2026

This session seeks to bridge the gap between FFPO and financiers by showcasing both perspectives. It explores how FFPOs use their operational and financial track record, internal finance mechanisms, and strengthened governance to move from being seen as “beneficiaries” to being recognized as legitimate investment partners by national governments, imp...

Bolivia (Bolivia), Hybrid Event, 09/09/2026 - 13/09/2026

Since 2012, the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) has worked to strengthen forest and farm producer organizations (FFPOs) representing an estimated 1.5 billion forest and farm producers globally. Throughout Phase 1 (2012–2017, USD 19 million) and Phase 2 (2018–2026, USD 65 million), the FFF has shown that investing directly in FFPOs is an effective way of advancing multiple sustainable development...

18/03/2026

This webinar will present real-world experiences in the creation and implementation of self-managed financial structures and show how they contribute to improved livelihoods through the mobilization of millions of dollars annually, providing loans for agriculture, small scale trade, healthcare, education, and more.

Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (Italy), Hybrid Event, 10/03/2026 - 11/03/2026

The Steering Committee Meeting was held online and at FAO HQ, Rome on 10-11 March 2026

16/12/2025

This webinar will focus on fostering an entrepreneurial culture among forest and farm producers, with special attention to youth and women. We will share success stories from FFPOs in building sustainable agricultural and forest- related businesses, and discuss strategies for increasing entrepreneurship among members. 

24/09/2025

This webinar will explore how FFPOs influence and shape national and subnational policies and legal frameworks to create more supportive environments for their members and sustainable land management. The focus will be on process and the importance of clear, member-approved advocacy agendas in FFPOs. Speakers will share their experiences in conducting needs assessments, cons...

Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (Italy), Hybrid Event, 11/03/2025 - 12/03/2025

The Steering Committee Meeting was held at FAO HQ, Rome on 11-12 March 2025

Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (Italy), Hybrid Event, 06/03/2024 - 07/03/2024

The Steering Committee Meeting was held at FAO HQ, Rome on 6-7 March 2024

Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (Italy), Hybrid Event, 21/02/2023 - 22/02/2023

The Steering Committee Meeting was held at FAO HQ, Rome, and online on 21-22 February 2023.

Virtual Event, 16/03/2022 - 18/03/2022

The Steering Committee Meeting was held online on 16-18 March 2022.

Virtual Event, 10/03/2021 - 12/03/2021

The Steering Committee Meeting was held online on 10-12 March 2021.

Virtual Event, 23/07/2020

The Ad hoc Steering Committee Meeting was held online on 23 July 2020.

Hybrid Event, 23/06/2020

The objective of this session is to share innovative solutions from Forest and Farm Producer Organizations in response to the COVID-19 crises as an element of building longer term, multi-dimensional resilience. Solutions range from managing risks and maintaining functionality of the smallholder production systems, increasing digital communication means, improving market access, diversification ...

09/06/2020 - 11/06/2020

In the face of COVID-19 smallholder farmers and forest producers face the challenge of how to balance between short term shocks and longer-term risks such as climate change. One of the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis is the disruption of agricultural and forestry supply chains and a re-shuffling of actors. These critical issues will be discussed with forest and farm producer organizations (...

27/05/2020

FAO together with the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) Secretariat, the Forest and Farm Facility, the FAO Regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean, FAO Strategic Objective 3 Reduce Rural Poverty and the FAO Office for South-South and Triangular Cooperation (OSS) launches a Series of Global Webinars “Towards Resilient Family Farming - Solutions from ...

Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (Italy), 20/02/2020 - 21/02/2020

The Steering Committee Meeting was held at FAO HQ, Rome on 20-21 February 2020.

Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (Italy), 24/03/2019

The Steering Committee Meeting was held in Bilbao, Spain on 24 March 2019.

Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (Italy), 18/07/2018

The Steering Committee Meeting was held in Rome at FAO HQ, on 18 July 2018.

Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (Italy), 28/02/2018 - 01/03/2018

The Steering Committee Meeting was held in Rome at FAO HQ, on 28 February-1 March 2018.