Integrated Farmers Federation Support

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Description of the innovative solution

Collaboration Community building Digital platform Education - adult Sharing economy Supply-chain management Subsidy Regulatory protection Market access Agricultural development Agricultural extension Land tenure

Smallholders in developing economies have more limited capacity to make their farms more resilient to negative impacts of climate change. Support in the form of local needs assessments, development of locally relevant action plans, and possible external funding to support farmers in times of extreme weather events, drought stress, etc. is critical to increasing local capacity to adapt to the increasing challenges of climate change. Integrated farmer support in the form of organized local chapters of a sub-national farmers’ federation would help build and sustain capacity for farmer resilience. This innovation includes an Integrated Farmers Federation Support (IFFS) advisory platform to provide farmer households with outreach and knowledge building, and agricultural extension and technical training programs - tailored to local needs depending on the setting - and value chain and market access pathway development, as well as small scale businesses incubator support and other services as determined most necessary in a given context.

Primary users

Subsistence farmers
Retailers
Distribution centers
Wholesalers
Urban consumers
Peri-urban consumers
Rural consumers
Rural communities
Natl. Govt - Ministries of Agriculture
Local government (municipalities)
Non-Government Organizations

Dietary impact

Supporting small-holder farmers in developing stronger local food supply chains - by bringing and selling their products at local markets - allows more producers to
engage in direct producer-consumer networks. This ensures increased access to and availability of a higher quality diet for the general population and for vulnerable
groups in particular in LMICs. Likewise, IFFS that promote and support farmers to produce local high-nutrient varieties, also help to increase farmer community and consumer awareness of those products and their nutritional value and benefits.

Planetary impact

By promoting and providing capacity building around techniques for sustainable agroecological practices, IFFS will impact planetary health - by focusing on increasing biodiversity, using climate smart production, reducing CO2 production methods and creating carbon sinks through agroforestry, and reducing water and pesticide use. By focusing on highly efficient farming approaches, food waste will decrease and nutritional potential per unit land will increase.

Equity impact

Direct farmer financial support mechanisms focusing on small-holders can be ensured, urging flexible financing mechanisms like credit guarantee schemes, mobile payment systems, warehouse receipt systems and e-commerce models. Policies and legal protections put into place as part of this solution will help to ensure that vulnerable groups (e.g. women producers) are included in initiatives as they develop at all levels.

Main concerns

Equal distribution of value is a critical aspect to be considered and in order to do so, it is necessary to leverage and scale insurance and finance mechanisms to support farmers, as well as digitalization, meaning also cost-effective technologies for on-farm data management and decision support and to-farm traceability. If these aspects won’t be considered, the federal support won’t reach the required results. Increasing outreach and awareness of benefits of IFFS within farming communities is key for this to gain traction and have real impact. Likewise, engagng local governments and other actors to see the system-wide benefits of strengthening local supply chains will help to rectify the lack of political acceptance and trust of farmer cooperatives by governements. Another key element will be to adequately support a strong network across small-holders at the local level to generate solutions to logistics issues for their own community (such as lack of reliable transportation leading to limited labor sources and unreliable access for farmers to local markets).

Supply chain segment

Educational, outreach and empowerment aspects

Maturity level

Gaining traction

Criteria

Food quality Food safety Food affordability Food desirability Climate mitigation Climate adaptation Water use Soil health Reducing biodiversity loss Increasing agrobiodiversity Reducing pollution

SDG target

SDG 2: Zero Hunger SDG 5: Gender Equality SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth SDG 10: Reduced Inequality SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production SDG 13: Climate Action

Context

Rural

Examples and additional resources

Real-world examples

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The Cambodian Farmers Federation Association of Agricultural Producers

Project information

In Cambodia, this federation conducted various studies through meetings with farmer members in to assess what challenges and problems they were facing related to climate change.

Cambodia

theclimakers.org/wp/wp...-1.pdf

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FarmKlan

Project information

Online platform that connects smallholder farmers with farm sponsors offering a new way for small-scale earners to participate in agribusiness.

Nigeria

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Damascene Essential Oil Processing

Project information

Empowering smallholder female farmers by integrating them into a well-functioning spice and herbs value chain in southern Ethiopia.

Ethiopia

2scale.org/en/partn...hiopia-en

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The Climakers: Stories from the field

Report

This compilation of stories from around the world features case studies from 27 countries highlighting how "The Climakers" -- members of the Farmers Driven Climate Change Alliance -- are leading this initiative, committed to provide bottom-up, pragmatic and successful solutions to climate change by and for small holder famers and their communities, advocates and local food system actors.

theclimakers.org/wp/wp...-1.pdf

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Integrated Farmers Federation Support

Description of the innovative solution

Supply chain segment

Maturity level

Criteria

SDG target

Context

Examples and additional resources

Real-world examples

The Cambodian Farmers Federation Association of Agricultural Producers

FarmKlan

Damascene Essential Oil Processing

Additional resources

The Climakers: Stories from the field

Contacts