Dear Francesco and colleagues at the Family Farming Knowledge Platform, FFF country partners and SO3 colleagues,

 

I wanted to share with you the first of two publications highlighting forest and farm producers which will be officially “launched” at the World Forestry Congress.  In addition to this edition of the ETFRN News (featured below – produced by Tropenbos International with papers written by many FFF team members and partners) – we will be launching a second book with our partners at IIED on Democratizing Forest Business will show case a range of successful business models for small holder and community based forestry enterprises.  We hope that these two publications will add to the knowledge base and bring more attention to the vital role of smallholder forest and farm producer organizations.

 

We see this work which builds on FFF country programmes along with the activities we have been developing in collaboration with or ESP colleagues in the CoOPequity programme, partner  country programmes (which will be highlighted as the DG signs a new Partnership agreement between FAO and WeEffect in Sweden), as part of the larger collaborative work at FAO addressing family farmers, and producer organizations and squarely based within the Strategic Objectives, Regional Initiatives and Country led processes. 

 

Best,

 

Jeff

 

Jeffrey Y Campbell

Manager,  Forest and Farm Facility (FFF)

FAO -Forestry Department, Room D-424

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla - 00153 Rome, Italy

Tel.: +39 -06 57054530 office, +39 3351977349 mobile

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Subject: [BULK] ETFRN News 57: Effective forest and farm producer organizations

 

Dear Friends,

 

I have the pleasure to inform you that the ETFRN News 57 on Effective Forest and Farm Producer Organizations is on-line now, see attached announcement. Hard copies will also be available for distribution at the World Forestry Congress. I would appreciate if you can announce the publication via your respective websites, list servers and other relevant channels. (Infosylva, FFF-network, Forest connect, IFFA, Recoft-network, etc.),

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Looking forward meeting you in Durban

Nick/Herman

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ETFRN News 57: Effective forest and farm producer organizations

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Issue number: 
ETFRN NEWS 57
Editors: 
Nick Pasiecznik
Herman Savenije

Year: 
2015

ISBN: 978-90-5113-127-7
ISSN: 1876-5866

 

 

Effective forest and farm producer organizations
Sharing stories and experiences


A new book brings together 30 articles, highlighting examples from more than 30 countries, showing that well-organized groups hold the key to a more sustainable and equitable world


Farm and forest producer organizations are of critical importance to the sustainable use of our natural resources, now and into the future. So says the growing consensus of global opinion. And they hold the key to overcoming many issues, from poverty and human rights, to environmental degradation and biodiversity conservation. Producer organizations represent the collective voices of farmers and forest-dependent peoples, indigenous groups and rural communities. They, are the building blocks of local democracy, and provide essential services to members. And when truly inclusive and with the right support, management choices are sustainable and the benefits are equitable.

This latest edition of ETFRN News contains more than 200 pages of stories from local producer organizations, associations and federations, and from those that speak for them at national and international levels. Reporting on issues of inclusiveness, this is also reflected in the authorship, with most of the 80 contributing (co)authors from the Global South, representing NGOs, UN organizations, government bodies and private companies as well as producer organizations, a third of them women. The result is a compilation of experiences that adds significantly to a growing body of knowledge. Forest and farm producer organizations speak of their achievements and successes – and challenges, some overcome, some not. They share how they have organized themselves, what support they have received, and whether this was for better or for worse. Some benefits were expected, others unexpected. Problems remain, and some were made worse, even with well-meaning intentions of ‘outsiders’.

What have we learnt?
As well as understanding the experiences of individual producer organizations, we appreciate the pivotal role that umbrella organizations – national or regional federations or associations – are able to play in scaling up the benefits. To have meaningful influence at policy and corporate levels, becoming more effective at higher levels is a strategy that must be promoted. Well organized and articulated, many voices can force through the necessary changes needed for local producers to improve and sustain the positive impacts they make to their land, livelihoods and well being.

But the bottom line, as emphasized in many of the articles, is to ensure people’s rights to land, natural, social and financial resources, and to justice and the rule of law in assuring and enforcing these basic human rights. And here, much still remains to be done. But there is much to learn from within these pages, and we hope that you will also take encouragement from the stories that are shared here.
 

“there is a lot to learn from the contributions in this ETFRN News and we hope you will take encouragement from the stories that are shared here”

Eva Muller, Director, Forest Economics Policy and Products Division, FAO


ETFRN News 57 can be downloaded at: #43;forest+and+farm+producer+organizations

The Forest and Farm Facility of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Netherlands provided financial support.

 

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