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In Honduras, COVID-19 is Taking a Toll on Smallholder Farmers
In this installment of our “COVID Conversations” series, we talk with Mateo Yibrín, CEO of the Cadelga Group, one of the largest distributors of agricultural products and services in Honduras. Yibrín spoke to us recently the panic purchases that are keeping his company afloat, why Honduran farmers are giving away free melon in towns across the country, and his message to the world on behalf of farmers who are suffering.
Blended finance in a Bhutanese nutshell
Promoting hazelnut production by smallholders across Bhutan
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Investments in new technology can help boost tea production and farmers' earnings
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A family business helps millions suffering from acute malnutrition.
A family business helps millions suffering from acute malnutrition
Insta Products CEO, Dhiren Chandaria, talks about his mission—with GAFSP’s help—to save lives.
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program Announces New Round of Grants to Fight Hunger and Poverty
Seven Countries to Receive $160 Million to Improve Food Security and Increase Incomes
Changing Lives
Insights into how investments made possible by the GAFSP Private Sector Window help change lives of farmers around the world
Edition 3 | March 2017
Observation of Farmers Consulting Supports
The 1st Report of the ROPPA’s FAMILY FARMS REGIONAL OBSERVATORY (OEF / ROPPA) addresses four issues which successively deliver (i) a farmer’s interpretation of West African family farm features over the past two agricultural campaigns; (ii) a table of local consulting support received by these FFs; (iii) an analysis of the policies which these FFs and their central organizations had to face; and (iv) the FFO’s perspectives.
Monitoring of Public Policies with Regards to Family Farms and Effectiveness of Farmers Actions
The part of the report on the observation of the family farms behavior on the two agricultural campaigns is the subject of a Booklet 1 (FAMILY FARMS OBSERVATION). From this observation, it can be seen from one year to the next that, depending on climatic functioning, but also on the intensity of public support, family farms are able to make significant progress and thus improve food security and sovereignty in the region.
Observation of Family Farm Dynamics
The 1st Report of the ROPPA REGIONAL OBSERVATORY OF FAMILY FARMS (OEF / ROPPA) addresses four issues that successively deliver (i) a farmer’s interpretation of West African family farm features over the past two agricultural campaigns; (ii) a table of local advisory support received by these FFs; (iii) an analysis of the policies these FFs and their central organizations had to face; and (iv) the OEF perspectives.
ROPPA's members Monitoring Practices
The 1st report of the ROPPA REGIONAL FAMILY FARMS OBSERVATORY (OEF / ROPPA) deals with four issues that successively provide (i) a farmer perception of the behavior of West African family farms during the last agricultural campaigns; (Ii) a table of local consulting support received by these FFs; (Iii) an analysis of the policies faced by these FFs and the organizations that represent them; And (iv) prospects for the FFO.
Case Study: Blending Happiness and Hazelnuts with Finance
Mountain Hazelnut’s business model is deceptively simple but not without considerable risks. Using hazelnut saplings grown in their own nursery in Bhutan, Mountain Hazelnuts distribute them to farmers to plant on fallow land that has no commercial use.