Publications

Beyond just buying: investing in equitable value chain partnerships with smallholders
25/08/2025

Over the past two decades, efforts to integrate forest and farm smallholders into modern value chains have aimed to achieve positive social and environmental impacts. However, business partnerships within these...

Business unusual: how business and investment pioneers are transforming forest and food supply chains
24/04/2024

This report documents and highlights success and lessons learnt from 18 inspiring examples of businesses and investors who are progressing from 'business-as-usual' to 'business unusual' by adopting practices that embrace...

Mobilising internal finance: how forest and farm producer organisations upscale financial access
02/04/2024

There is very limited access to finance for rural communities comprising smallholders, family farmers and Indigenous Peoples. Smallholder and family farmers comprise 90% of the total farms worldwide, and account...

Money from within: leveraging producer organisations' finance
02/04/2024

Access to external finance for smallholder forest and farm producers is limited, hindering their effective action on climate, nature, livelihoods and food security. However, forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs)...

How improved governance has benefited a nationwide association of agroecological producers in Bolivia
01/04/2024

This case study from Bolivia is the first of six case studies on tactics that improve internal governance prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and...

Advancing internal governance within an association of sustainable cocoa producers in Ghana
01/04/2024

This case study from Ghana is the second of six case studies on tactics that improve internal governance prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and...

Enhancing internal governance within a national federation of community forestry users in Nepal
01/04/2024

This case study from Nepal is the third of six case studies on tactics that improve internal governance prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and...

How strong internal governance is supporting a community forestry network in Tanzania
01/04/2024

This case study from Tanzania is the fourth of six case studies on tactics that improve internal governance prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and...

Improving internal governance within an agricultural cooperative in Togo: strategies and results
01/04/2024

This case study from Togo is the fifth of six case studies on tactics that improve internal governance prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and...

How good governance has transformed an agroforestry cooperative in Vietnam into a thriving business
01/04/2024

This case study from Vietnam is the sixth of six case studies on tactics that improve internal governance prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and...

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