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The Forest and Farm Facility provides direct financial support and technical assistance to strengthen forest and farm producer organizations representing smallholders, rural women’s groups, local communities and indigenous peoples’ institutions. Collectively, forest and farm producers have the potential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to respond to climate change at landscape scales. A partnership between FAO, IIED, IUCN and AgriCord, the Forest and Farm Facility is funded by Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, Finland, the United States of America, the Netherlands and IKEA. 

Highlights

Stories of impact from the ground
11/08/2026
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.
New video: Revitalising coffee cooperative in Kenya
01/10/2026
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.
New technical brief: The growing potential of producer organizations
06/10/2026
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.
Join us at the FFF Global Conference - 9-13 September, Plurinational State of Bolivia
21/08/2026
Our Global Conference is taking place from 9-13 September in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Plurinational State of Bolivia. Join us online to find out how producer-led solutions are at...
Growing your internal finance: a toolkit to guide forest and farm producer organisations
17/07/2026

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. 

Featured publications

Forest and Farm Facility - Factsheet 2026
2026

The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) is a partnership established in 2012 between four international organizations with complementary skills and capacities...

Why collective organisations matter for resilience
2026

The world is facing escalating crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, economic turmoil, social inequality, poverty and hunger. Women, young people...

Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2025
2026

2025 was a year of significant achievement for the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) and the forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) it supports....

Forest and Farm Facility - Factsheet
2025

The Forest and Farm Facility is active in 14 countries and works with regional and global organizations. It provides direct financial support and technical...

Beyond just buying: investing in equitable value chain partnerships with smallholders
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...

Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2024
2025

The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) is pioneering a model for delivering finance directly to forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs). It works...

Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2023
2024

The year 2023 marked an inflection point for the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF). As discussions began around our third phase, we consistently returned...

Business unusual: how business and investment pioneers are transforming forest and food supply chains
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'...

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

There is very limited access to finance for rural communities comprising smallholders, family farmers and Indigenous Peoples. Smallholder and family...

Money from within: leveraging producer organisations' finance
2024

Access to external finance for smallholder forest and farm producers is limited, hindering their effective action on climate, nature, livelihoods and...

Advancing internal governance within an association of sustainable cocoa producers in Ghana
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...

Improving internal governance within an agricultural cooperative in Togo: strategies and results
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...

How strong internal governance is supporting a community forestry network in Tanzania
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...

How improved governance has benefited a nationwide association of agroecological producers in Bolivia
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...

How good governance has transformed an agroforestry cooperative in Vietnam into a thriving business
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...

Enhancing internal governance within a national federation of community forestry users in Nepal
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...

Advancing agrobiodiversity: why organisations of smallholders and Indigenous Peoples are vital
2024

Agrobiodiversity is the subset of biodiversity found within agricultural ecosystems. It feeds us with nutrients vital to our health. It fuels and furnishes...

Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2022
2023

The Forest and Farm Facility's (FFF) mission is to strengthen forest and farm producer organisations representing smallholders, rural women, forest...

Agricord Building Resilience Toolkit Part 1
2023

AgriCord Building Resilience Toolkit PART I, FO Members Assessing Climate Risks and Designing Adaptation, provides a tool for a Farmers’ Organisation...

Forest communities in the face of COVID-19 crisis: The role of social organization in response, recovery and building back better
2022

COVID-19 continues to have severe impacts on the societies, economies and environment of forest communities. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on...

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