FFPOs Webinar series
Forest and farm producer organizations as key change agents for
climate-resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods
Forest and farm producer organizations (FFPOs) bring together smallholder and family farmers, Indigenous Peoples and members of local communities to pursue shared goals such as climate-resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods. With their vast collective membership, they manage significant areas of the world's land, produce much of its food, drive rural finance and enterprise, play a crucial role in climate change adaptation and mitigation, and conserve a large share of the world’s biodiversity.
This four-part webinar series – “Forest and farm producer organizations as key change agents of change for climate-resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods” – is conceived as a dynamic and engaging exchange of knowledge that connects and empowers FFPOs and their members. The series offers a unique opportunity to gain insights from FFPO leaders, share knowledge, and foster meaningful connections within the Forest and Farm Facility communities of practice.
PROGRAMME
Wednesday 24 September 2025 - 🕘 Time: 15.00–16.30 UTC +2
Webinar #1 - Building strong advocacy agendas
Tuesday 16 December 2025 - 🕘 Time: 14.00–15.30 UTC+1
Webinar #2 - Boosting entrepreneurship and market access for forest and farm products
Wednesday 18 March 2026 - 🕘 Time: 14.00–15.30 UTC+1
Webinar #3 - From savings to strength - how forest and farm producer organizations can use internal finance to boost growth
Thursday 10 September 2026 - 🕘 Time: 08:30–10:00 UTC-4
Webinar #4: Unlocking Investment and Global Funds for FFPOs
The webinar series will take place via Zoom. Simultaneous interpretation will be available in Spanish, French and English.
Background
Established in 2012, the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) is a partnership between four international organizations with complementary skills and capacities – FAO, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and AgriCord. It is a pioneering mechanism for the direct delivery of finance and technical support intended to strengthen FFPOs, whose membership includes smallholder farmers, Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
The FFF has provided direct finance to FFPOs since 2012, bolstering their internal governance and interlinkages, and supporting them to use their strength in numbers to shape more enabling policies, build sustainable entrepreneurship, strengthen climate action and increase access to social and cultural protection. Impacts in each of these outcome areas have been strong. The Facility’s support has created more than a decade of experience in how FFPOs shape a fairer and more sustainable world.
The webinar series is part of a wide knowledge-sharing effort by the FFF and FAO’s Forestry Technical Network to amplify the voices of FFPOs and to improve knowledge sharing, influence policy, attract funding and raise public awareness of the significant contributions of FFPOs.