Explore our impact stories from Forest and Farm Facility partners around the world, showcasing how local organizations are creating lasting change. These impact stories show how livelihoods have been improved, sustainable businesses supported, and landscapes made more climate-resilient, while strengthening social and cultural values.

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.