This brief shows that recognizing producer organizations as responsible and strategic partners, strengthening their capacities and providing them with long-term support, offers a practical, cost-effective pathway for achieving more resilient, equitable and sustainable rural development at scale.

Through FFF support, the Tenges Farmers Cooperative Society has undergone comprehensive structural transformation to scale up its local coffee economy. In two years, their income has risen almost 70 percent.

Ethiopia Room, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy Wednesday 30 September 2026 12.15–13.45 CEST Join us at a hybrid event on 30 September to explore how the TERRA initiative plans to scale up agroforestry and agroecology for food, climate and forests. Part of World Forest Week, the event is organized by the Ministry of Agrarian ...

Sheikh Zayed Centre, FAO headquarters, Friday, 2 October 2026, 09.30-11.00. Join us at our World Forest Week event which highlights how forest and farm producer organizations supported by the Forest and Farm Facility have delivered strong results on governance, restoration and climate resilience, inclusive production and business development, and find out how these ...

Accessing external finance is the critical engine that Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs) require to scale operations and impact. This can be  a major challenge, as FFPOs often fail to qualify for finance due to complex eligibility criteria, inadequate capacity, or perceptions of being high-risk due to a lack of traditional collateral. Many FFPOs fall into the “missing middle” of being too ...