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.

The results presented in this annual report reflect the dedication, ingenuity and resilience of the FFF’s partners and the forest and farm producers they support across the world. Evidence of the effectiveness of producer organizations continued to grow in countries, and they also increasingly shaped policy debates through coordinated advocacy at ...