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FFDs Results during 10 Years
During the ten years of activities FFD has reached the lives of more than 108.000 farmers lives through trainings, workshops, demonstration plots, exchange visits, and general support for their organizations and cooperatives. When taking into account their families and other actors involved, we can estimate that FFD has contributed to the lives and well-being of 500.000 people.
Production and productivity are among the key topics that FFD has supported through its projects. Agricultural and forestry practices which ensure sustainable use of natural resources, reduce input costs for farmers and increase the resilience of production create a foundation for basic services that farmers’ organizations can provide for their members. Commercialization of surplus production can efficiently be carried out in a coordinated manner through cooperatives. Post-harvest management, storage and logistics reduces food waste which in developing countries is largest in this part of the food system.
Income generation can build on value addition, quality procedures, certification measures or just better marketing skills. Sustainable land use combining different forms of agriculture, forestry, and natural forests allows us to manage landscapes and maintain biodiversity. The picture below describes well the approach of FFD. Attention to climate action, in particular through adaptation activities, but contributing also to mitigation is increasingly integrated into all projects and in this topic, FFD supports also other members of the AgriCord Alliance and the regional farmers’ organizations.
Results
36 Projects
11 Countries
37 Farmers’/ Producers Organizations
108.000 direct participants
500.000 people benefitted
€ 4,8 million channeled directly to farmers' / producer organizations
15,2 million trees planted
FFD is a member of AgriCord alliance since 2013. FFD has been a very valuable addition to our international alliance of agri-agencies and contributed to the common ambitions more than its size might led to expect. FFD’s twinning approach - linking the Finnish agriculture, forestry and cooperative experts with their global South counterparts for mutual learning -, strong understanding of forest related opportunities, and rapidly deepening climate expertise are appreciated within the alliance and among our global farmers’ organization partners.
– Katja Vuori, Programme Director of AgriCord
