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Case-studies on organisational intelligence of economic farmer organisations in Bolivia
During 2011, 38 economic farmr organziaciones have been studied to describe the rules and regulations that they implemented to resolve the tesnion between the nterest of the group and the interest of the individual member when engaged in collective marketing. The studies have emerged in a partnerhsip between ESFIM (www.esfim.org) and FONDOECAS (www.fondoecas.org). The latter uses the studies as a base-line fo an impact study. ESFIM uses the studies to feed a portal on ‘organisational intelligence’: www.collectivemarketing.org.
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(Español) JNC se moviliza contra los abusos del servicio de impuestos a las cooperativas
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Making the Connection: Value chains for Transforming Smallholder Agriculture – Session 12: Farmer Organizations in Value Chain Policy Making
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nted outcomes of its research -for-advocacy work in the UNECA/CTA International Conference “Making the Connection: value chains for transforming smallholder agriculture. Four National Farmers Organisations (NFOs) presented the process and the outcomes of their advocacy work and the role of evidence and research in it: JNC-Perú, CPM-Madagascar, FUPRO-Benin, and NASFAM-Malawi. Stephen Muchiri form the Eastern Africa Farmers’ Federation (EAFF) chaired the session. Continue reading 'Making the Connection: Value chains for Transforming Smallholder Agriculture – Session 12: Farmer Organizations in Value Chain Policy Making'»
ESFIM on GCARD2 in Punta del Este
ESFIM participated in the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012) in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in a break-out session on 30 October 2012 Briefing_Paper_Session _P3 2_Turning innovation into market opportunity_11-10-12_Final. Three ESFIM partner NFOs presented their experiences: CMC-Costa Rica, CAF-Uruguay and JNC-Perú. Also FFF-the Philippines was present at the conference. The GCARD-conference aims to increase the effective steering of reseach, especially in the international research centres (CGIAR), towards smallholders’ interest. ESFIM, farmer-led research for advocacy was presented as an innovative model of research funding and demand-led research governance, and a necessary complement to ‘bridge’ the gap between the research community and the farmer organisations. The break-out session can be viewed as a web-cast on You Tube http://tinyurl.com/ccabrba.
Self-assessment tools developed with FUPRO
FUPRO-Benin and CDI Wageningen UR developed a set of tools used for an organisational self-assessment. It is a self-assessment focusing on the internal organisation situation and service provisions. A self-assessment means: evaluation of the organisation by their own members. The self-assessment helps to identify the strong and less strong points of the organisation. This enables to identify the challenges and the opportunities to improve the performance of your organisation. Continue reading 'Self-assessment tools developed with FUPRO'»
ESFIM Policy Brief on Market Information Systems
Researchers from CIRAD give an overview of the different modalities and challenges in Market Information Systems. See: ESFIM Market Information Policy Brief
Agriculture Market Information Systems (MIS) collect, process and disseminate information on the situation and the dynamics of agricultural markets in order i) to improve public policies through increased awareness of market realities and ii) to increase market transparency and, by this way, to lead to a fairer and more efficient allocation of resources.
MIS information can be used by farmers both for advocating for more producer-friendly policies (through farmers’ organization) and to guide their production and marketing decisions (choice of what, when and where to sell). In addition, as small farmers’ market power is hindered by their lack of information on price levels and changes at different points of the marketing chain, strengthening smallholder farmers’ access to information can improve farmers bargaining position.
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