Documents
Following an inception phase, in 2008-2009, the ESFIM program initiated a round of participatory National Workshops with farmer organisations and other stakeholders in eleven countries to define the issues that are key for improving market access of smallholders in each country and where the NFO intends to influence the related policies and institutions. Based on these priorities, a process of collaborative research has been defined in eleven countries (Benin, Malawi, Madagascar, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Costa Rica, Peru, Uruguay, India and the Philippines).
Activities continued in 2009 with co-financing of IFAD, AGRINATURA and AgriCord. In 2010-2011 ESFIM faced some changes: AGRINATURA took over management from IFAP, that dissolved in November 2010, and the Dutch Ministry of Economy, Agriculature and Innovation (EL&I) took over the financing for the collaborative research
Outputs and background documents can be dowloaded form the respective web-pages, clicking on the country names or comparative research themes below.
The Programme Set-up Brief gives is a poster used to present ESFIM to external audiences. Downloadable as ESFIM SET-UP SUMMARY [pdf-file]
A newsletter presents current highlights (March 2011). ESFIM newletter March 2011
Collaborative Research documents
Benin Kenya Madagascar Malawi South Africa Uganda India Phillipines Peru Uruguay Costa Rica
Comparative Research documents
Risk Insurance Models Innovative Insurance Models Incentive structures in Collective Marketing Market Information Systems
ESFIM International Workshop – Tunis (24-26 October 2007) |
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| Minutes of the international workshop, with farm leaders, researchers and prospective donors, to validate the projected ESFIM programme methodology | |||
Download Tunis Minutes  (PDF file) |
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ESFIM Policy Brief 1 |
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| Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Markets: National and International Policy Contexts. Authors: Jos Bijman, Giel Ton and Gerdien Meijerink. | |||
| Download Brief WP1 (PDF file) |
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ESFIM Policy Brief 2 |
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| Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Markets: Changing Agricultural Marketing Systems and Innovative Responses by Producers’ Organizations. Authors: Gideon E. Onumah, Junior R. Davis, Ulrich Kleih and Felicity Proctor. | |||
| Download Brief WP2 (PDF file) |
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ESFIM Policy Brief 3 |
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| Synthesis of ongoing and planned development initiatives in support of rural producer organisations and their role on making markets work for pro-poor development. Author: Felicity Proctor. | |||
| Download Full WP3 (PDF file) Download Annex WP3 (PDF file) |
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ESFIM Policy Brief 4 |
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| Document that discusses the major tensions between the organisation and its memebers when engaging in collective marketing. Author: Giel Ton. | |||||||||||||||
| ESFIM Research Brief n04 – collective marketing (PDF file) |
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ESFIM Policy Brief 5 |
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| Overview on Risk Insurance modalities available for smallholders. Author: Gerdien Meijerink, Gideon Onumah and Helena Posthumus. | |||||||||||||||
ESFIM Risk Insurance Policy Brief – final (PDF file)
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