Poverty alleviation. Capacity building. Strengthening the role
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Poverty alleviation. Capacity building. Strengthening the role
AgriCord Activity Report 2008 Poverty alleviation. Capacity building. Strengthening the role of farmer organisations. Content ...................................... 3 . ................................................... 5 ............................................. 7 . ................................. 23 ................................................ 27 .............................................. 30 .................................... 33 ......................... 37 ................................................. 41 .................................................. 44 “We need a plan” – Chairman’s Message 2008 at a glance 2008 Activities – Work Areas 2008 Activities – Monitoring and Evaluation Inside AgriCord in 2008 Financial statements 2008 Beyond 2008 – Perspectives and Priorities Information on AgriCord members and their activities 2008 Member agri-agencies Associated members “We need a plan” – Chairman’s Message “We need a plan to feed the world”. This was my key message at the European Commission and Parliament, on July 3, 2008 in Brussels 1. Organised by the French EU-Presidency, the conference “Who will feed the world?” gathered leaders and development practitioners from governments and major development institutions all over the world. In 2008 also, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged bold steps to tackle the global food crisis and to revitalise agriculture. We cannot leave food security to mere luck. Indeed, “we need a plan” to realize the potential of farmers and their organisations. For decades, farmers have not been paid decent prices for their products. The challenge now is to develop the much needed favourable environment for farmers to invest and to produce in a sustainable way. In times of crisis, of political and economic turmoil, farmer organisations build stability. We need governments and farmer organisations to discuss and to agree on national policies for food production, food trade and food consumption. We need a plan to put more bargaining power in the hands of farmers. Our plan, within the AgriCord network of agriagencies, is based upon a partnership between farmer organisations from all over the world. A professional partnership, involving technical exchanges, focusing on market access, preparing new farming activities and innovating investments, facilitating entrepreneurship… Our plan is called “Farmers Fighting Poverty”. It’s implementation started early 2007. In 2008, more than 150 farmer organisations were involved in different areas of capacity building and strengthening of their operations, on a farmer-to-farmer basis. This report explains how and why. We appreciate your interest and attention, and we welcome ideas and suggestions. You can contact me directly at [email protected]. Laurent Pellerin President of AgriCord 2 1 See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jANueL2Lbk4 for Laurent’s intervention at the “Who will feed the world?” conference. 2 Laurent Pellerin is president of AgriCord since 2006. He was president of UPA (Union des Producteurs AgriColes du Québec) from 1993 to 2007. Early 2009, he was elected president of the CFA (Canadian Federation of Agriculture). With his wife and 3 children, Laurent runs a pig farm in Québec, Canada. AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 23 April 2009, FAO – In Mozambique, prices of maize by March 2009 were 29 percent higher than a year earlier. Prices of maize in Kenya in March this year were 43 percent higher than in March 2008. The price of Sudan’s food staple sorghum in February 2009 was 68 percent up over the previous 12 months. 4 May 2009, United Nations – Pointing to Africa as the epicentre of the global food crisis, Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro, the UN Deputy Secretary-General today called for an African Green Revolution, urging the international community to double food yields across the continent through sustainable agriculture. An African Green Revolution must empower farmers, particularly smallholders, both women and men. | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 2008 at a glance Producers organisations and the food crisis Global food shortages were a major concern for farmers and governments in 2008. Rising food prices were considered as an opportunity for farmers, also for the world’s 450 million smallholder farmers. In 2008, we noticed a growing consensus on the need to build the capacities of farmer organisations, to create an enabling environment, and to pay decent prices to farmers. For AgriCord, this was a signal. Our plan and our focus on the role of producer organisations is certainly appropriate and relevant, but we need to do more. “Farmers Fighting Poverty” - A farmers’ initiative AgriCord started in 2003. 4 years later, in 2007, AgriCord finalized its first major programme, supporting trade capacities of producer organisations in developing countries. Since 2007, our “Farmers Fighting Poverty” (FFP) programme is the framework of AgriCord’s activities. The programme is the result of the collaboration between producers and rural organisations in OECD countries (who manage the so called “agri-agencies”, the members of AgriCord) and farmer organisations in developing countries (who define priorities for their strengthening). From OECD side, producer organisations from Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Japan, the Netherlands and Sweden are involved. In 2008, UPA (Spain, Union de Pequenos Agricultores y Ganaderos) and CIA (Italy, Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori) have confirmed their intention to join AgriCord as associated members. Priorities defined by producer organisations in developing countries As farmer-owned and farmer-steered development agencies, the agri-agencies, associated in AgriCord, cooperate to tackle the priorities defined by farmers. In 2008 again, agri-agencies and their farmers’ constituencies created several opportunities to meet and to listen to developing country producer organisations. AFDI’s “Rencontres Internationales” (April 2008), and Agriterra’s “International Seminar on Cattle Breeding Worldwide” (June 2008), are only two of many examples. AgriCord also supported and participated in the activities of the Development Cooperation Committee (DCC) of IFAP, a unique setting where producer organisations discuss and define the kind of development support they want. Finally, with the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT, Amsterdam) and with DGIS (the Dutch development authority), we analysed current development practices from the producers’ perspective. Transparency, work areas, evidence on impact In developing countries, the Farmers Fighting Poverty programme currently supports 153 producer organisations (POs) in 61 countries. Information on the more than 200 projects/contracts is managed AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | with a policy of complete transparency. AgriCord supports POs in 18 different work areas, covering the key aspects of their activities, such as participatory policy formulation, financial management, financial services to members, training, etc. In 2008, we started gathering evidence on impact of our support to producer organisations, based upon the monitoring and evaluation practices of the agriagencies. Funding and advisory services Since the start in 2003, with a major funding from the Netherlands (DGIS), other contributions have been mobilised from (the governments of) Canada, Sweden, Finland and France, and from IFAD. DGIS remains the main backdonor for “Farmers Fighting Poverty” up to now. The budget for “Farmers Fighting Poverty” (€114 mln for 2007-2010) is only partially funded. As we said earlier, our plan is appropriate, but we need to do more. The programme consistently mobilises “farmer-to-farmer” professional support and exchanges between farmers in developing countries, and with their colleages from an increasing number of OECD countries, as named above. Online information on projects and farmer organisations, supported by AgriCord and its member agencies, is available at www.agricord.org. Select “projects” or “organisations” in the left column, and search by country, by organisation, by AIN (Agro-Info.Net) project number… in the right column. | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 2008 Activities – Work Areas AgriCord Work Areas for strengthening the role of POs Support to POs is divided in 18 different work areas, covering the key aspects of POs’ activities, such as participatory policy formulation, financial management, financial services to members, training, etc. At the end of 2008, 216 contracts provided funding and advisory services to 153 POs in 61 developing countries. Farmers Fighting Poverty (FFP) Work Areas number of projects/contracts Work area 01: Participatory policy formulation 20 Work area 02: Financial management 4 Work area 03: Organisational strengthening 40 Work area 04: Institutional development 20 Work area 05: Grassroots participation 20 Work area 06: Training modules 4 Work area 07: Agricultural development (crops) 16 Work area 08: Banking, credit, insurance 7 Work area 09: Inputs for agriculture 2 Work area 10: Agricultural extension 5 Work area 11: Market and chain development 34 Work area 12: Research for development in agriculture 0 Work area 13: Other services, incl; HIV/AIDS 4 Work area 14: Gender and women in development 6 Work area 15: Information and communication technology 8 Work area 16: Diversification, rural non farm economy, rural tourism 5 Work area 17: Processing and cooperative activities 13 Work area 18: Involvement of OECD farmer organisations 8 216 number of countries involved 9 4 24 15 13 3 11 7 2 4 19 0 3 6 4 5 9 3 61 Agro-Info.Net (AIN) All information on projects/contracts with producer organisations, from the application phase to execution, is available online (www.AgriCord.org “projects”). The database gives the project description, budgets, results and expenditures. AIN also provides information on the producer organisation (www. AgriCord.org “organisations”). Relative importance of work areas Support requested by POs concentrates on work areas related to the strengthening of policy formulation, organisational capacities, and market development. AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | Expenditure per FFP - Work Area (€) 11.000.000 10.000.000 9.000.000 8.000.000 Expenditure per FFP - Work Area (€) 11.000.000 7.000.000 10.000.000 6.000.000 9.000.000 5.000.000 8.000.000 4.000.000 7.000.000 3.000.000 6.000.000 2.000.000 5.000.000 1.000.000 4.000.000 0 3.000.0001 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 2.000.000 Work Areas – Farmers Fighting Poverty 1.000.000 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Work Areas – Farmers Fighting Poverty 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Support per Work Area in terms of number of projects, POs and countries Num. Projects/contracts Num. POs Num. Countries Num. Projects/contracts Num. POs Num. Countries 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Work Areas – Farmers Fighting Poverty Programme 15 16 17 18 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Work Areas ––Farmers Fighting Poverty Programme Organisational Strengthening PO Operations – Cross-cutting Issues 5 55% of the total FFP programme expenditure was utilized for support initiatives in organisational strengthening and development. Support to PO operations required 36 per cent of total expenditure. This support to POs operational activities ranged from participatory policy generation (12%) to economic activities (24%) including agricultural production, marketing and access to financial services. | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 POs organizationa Development / Strenghtening 55,1% POs organiz Developm Strenghte 55,1% Support per Work Area in terms of number of projects, POs and countries 45 40 35 30 25 20 151 10 5 0 Ex Expenditure per main areas of POs strenghtening POs Operations 35,8% POs organizational Development / Strenghtening 55,1% Cross-cutting capacities issues 9,1% Regional focus and international organisations The total AgriCord support, as committed end of 2008, was Euro 54.6 million for 216 projects involving 153 POs from 61 developing countries. The focus on Africa (64% of total support) is reflected in the number of countries, in the number of projects and the number of POs supported. Asia and Latin America received 10% and 12% of the total expenditure. North African countries are with the Mediterranean Region. International organisations, mainly IFAP, and projects at the global level received 10% of the total support. Projects directly implemented by agri-agencies received 2% of the programme support. % Expenditure Africa 64 Asia Latinamerica Mediterranean International POs Projects by AAs 10 12 2 10 2 All figures in this section refer to projects supported in 2008. Some of them started in 2007 and many will end in 2009 or 2010. The budget figures refer to the complete contract period. AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 10 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 18 Work Areas for supporting POs organisational strengthening and POs operations Work Area 1. Participatory policy formulation Members’ participation in the formulation of policy positions and proposals is a basic feature for the POs’ core business of lobbying and advocacy towards other stakeholders. AgriCord supports POs to have member consultations (meetings), to hire experts (for summarizing farmer input and backing outcomes of the meetings with research), to present proposals (in home country or at international events), including general methodological support on how to organize a consultation process. Key feature is the consolidation of member consultations, targeted systematization of members’ opinions and input provided by resource persons. At the international level, the focus is on the policy formulation within IFAP, and on the mobilisation of inputs from developing country farmer organisations. Also, support is provided to the regional platforms ROPPA, SACAU and EAFF. Project title Segunda etapa programa Carlitos: Fortalecimiento de la juventud (institutional strengthening rural youth organisation). Renforcement et réseautage des organisations agricoles d’Amérique Centrale face à la commercialisation des produits agricoles. Mise en place d’une plate-forme de concertation des producteurs de cacao en Côte d’Ivoire. Identification of priorities for the General Commission of JFU. Member’s consultation process to strengthen the CGA. Renforcement institutionnel et organisationnel du syndicat des exploitants agricoles de l’Office du Niger (SEXAGON)- MALI. Plaidoyer pour une stabilisation du marché du riz au Mali PFPN: Appui stratégique à la Plateforme Paysanne du Niger. Plan operationel de la PFPN 2008 – 2010. Appui au développement d’un plaidoyer au sein de l’OP Moribeen Afianzamiento de las propuestas politicas III Incidencia política y Comité de Gremios Agrarios en Peru. Desarrollo de capacidades institucionales de la JNC. Programme d’appui au renforcement des compétences techniques, politiques et économiques des leaders et de ses members. Échanges d´expériences Sud-Sud entre OPA nationales sur les lois d’orientation agricole. Appui aux activités de formation et de plaidoieries menées par les OPA en lien avec la souveraineté alimentaire. International farmer dialogue for policy-making and advocacy. 2007/2008 Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Markets (ESFIM). Rural youth remain! Conference Mijarc. Support to developing country farm leader’s role in IFAP. AIN project nr. Organisation Country AgriCord support - € 5164 FAA Argentina 53 105 5054 CCA 5235 5169 5004 ANOPACI JFU KENFAP - CGA Central America Ivory Coast Jordan Kenya 16 815 28 271 25 731 5034 Sexagon Mali 43 743 5150 4913 5137 AOPP PFPN PFPN Mali Niger Niger 55,790 117 850 571 474 5043 FUGPN - Mooriben Niger 21,400 4866 5219 5172 Conveagro Conveagro JNC Peru Peru Peru 87 825 113 213 81 915 5010 CNCR Senegal 189 438 4802 AFDI West-Africa 53 880 5032 ROPPA West-Africa 44 840 4837 4973 5037 5263 IFAP IFAP MIJARC ZNFU World World World World 75 081 3 385 002 1 258 760 19 788 168 085 These are the different steps of a “Participatory Policy Generation Process” (PGPP), for which national farmer unions can mobilize support from agri-agencies. AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 11 Work Area 2. Financial management Different types of initiatives to strengthen POs financial management are supported, from access to software and services to seminars and customized programmes for training and implementation in all aspects of financial management and accounting within farmer organisations. This work area builds on the positive experiences of farmer organisations with the “FinBase” seminars. FinBase introduces and implements financials systems including training, staff and board involvement, data gathering and surveys. In 90% of the cases, participation in FinBase resulted in measurable and improved financial management. Project title Fortaleciendo la gestión interna de la organización Introduction/application SAGE 100 ( comptabilité de la FEPA-B) Mejorando la gestión administrativa financiera y contable Confederacion La Voz del Campo Training staff of Tanzanian co-operatives in complying with international financial reporting standards AIN project nr. Organisation Country AgriCord support - € 5177 5118 5147 FETRAF-SUL FEPA/B La Voz del Campo Brazil Burkina Faso Chile 69 563 27 984 24 906 5028 TFC Tanzania 57 243 Work Area 3. Internal organisational strengthening The aspects in which an organisation needs strengthening depend on its mission, its own policies, and the services required by its members. Consistently, the programme supports POs in their efforts to establish basic infrastructures and organisational processes, in view of its own specific objectives and projects. This involves, in addition to specific projects, initial feasibility studies, as well as strategic plans, internal and external communication, business development and chain innovation projects. Profiling of individual farmers’ organisations (a method to assess a POs’ organisational capacities) plays a crucial role in this work area. project title Organisational Strengthening of FAA-ULE Member Farmer’s Organisations Démultiplication des services et autonomisation de l’Anoper (2008-2010) Accompagnement de l’ARPA dans son développement et dans la maîtrise de la filière ananas Renforcer la détermination et l’engagement des membres (vers une association plus performante) Attention aux inégalités sociales à travers la participation des femmes Mejorando el sistema de Planificación, Monitoreo y Evaluación Encarando el desarrollo lechero Apoio institucional e organização de base da fetraf para a consolidação da agricultura familiar na Bahia Consolidação e inserção das bases Mise en oeuvre du plan stratégique de l’UGCPA/BM CAMFAD rural poverty reduction and market access (CROP-MA) 2008 Mapping des organisations paysannes au Cameroun Appui institutionnel de la CONAPROCAM pour un développement de services relatifs à la filière cacao Appui institutionnel à l’Atader pour un développement durable dans le Logone oriental Programme Marais au Bushi 12 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 AIN project nr. 4969 5149 5227 AgriCord support - € 66 309 348 077 67 204 Organisation Country FAA-ULE ANOPER ARPA Armenia Benin Benin 5166 Mialebouni Benin 70 390 5151 5176 5170 Tikonna CIOEC-B CONAPLE Benin Bolivia Bolivia 96 245 2 118 27 041 4885 FETRAF-Bahia Brazil 109 010 5212 5106 5108 5192 FETRAF-Bahia UGCPA/BM CAMFAD AFDI Brazil Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon 439 424 369 356 77 948 13 340 4855 Conaprocam Cameroon 72 166 4856 4958 ATADER CIMBUSHI Chad D.R. Congo 171 227 79 346 AIN project nr. Renforcement des organisations paysannes au Sud-Kivu 5144 Strategic Plan of the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation 5113 Projet d’appui aux populations de Moyenne-Guinée 5242 Towards a strong rural movement, AMPRO 5211 Promotion of sustainable model of agricultural coops in Cambodia, Laos PDR and Afghanistan 4933 Renforcement de l’ANOPACI pour un Développement Durable en Milieu Rural- phase 2 5124 La professionnalisation des agriculteurs à Madagascar 4868 Renforcer et dynamiser l’AOPP pour mieux servir ses membres et défendre les paysans 5161 Appui institutionnel à l’Assemblée permanente des chambres d’agriculture du Mali (APCAM) 5024 project title AgriCord support - € 204 841 172 130 4 127 217 138 442 434 640 131 656 304 745 69 573 Organisation Country FOPAC-SK EAFF FPFD AMPRO ICA ANOPACI FEKRITAMA AOPP D.R. Congo East-Africa Guinea Honduras India Ivory Coast Madagascar Mali APCAM Mali 93,022 Mapping des OP au Mali Plan de acción 2008; La construcción de capacidades de la Coordinadora Mexicana Capacity development of TEASEC and its farmers partner organisations Appui au renforcement des capacités d’intervention et à la mise en place d’un système de commercialisation du bétail et d’approvisionnement en intrants. PFU Member Association Strengthening and Empowering Programa de fortalecimiento organizacional de los productores de maíz y sorgo Fortaleciendo las capacidades de gestión organizativa – empresarial de los productores de café y cacao Congress for the Consolidation of the Peasant Women Federation Strengthening capacity to speed up socio- economic reforms and generate local resources Improving Peasants’Socio-Economic-Political Conditions in the Philippines Continuity on Consolidation and Expansion through Capability Building Activities and Livelihood Projects Starting up and strengthening of the middle level Mviwata Manyara Strengthening of the middle level of MVIWATA Improvement of Services to Farmers in Thailand Strengthening UNFFE capacity to deliver effective services to its constituents 5193 5087 5142 UPA DI CM TEASEC Mali Mexico Nepal 16 945 74 587 36 521 4701 Apel ZP Niger 208 149 4954 5073 PFU ANPMYS Palestine Peru 54 867 13 392 5140 CEPICAFE Peru 23 303 5168 5005 5239 LAKAMBINI PAKISAMA PAKISAMA Philippines Philippines Philippines 31 506 55 771 510 565 5077 WOPD Philippines 40 049 5198 5188 5104 4978 Tanzania Tanzania Thailand Uganda 163 235 185 105 262 691 199 190 Programme Pastoral Regional phase II pour le Sahel d’Afrique de L’Ouest 5226 Mvimanya Mviwata SorKorPor UNFFE Réseau Billital Maroobé West-Africa 556 631 AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 13 Work Area 4. Institutional development Institutional development deals with strengthening of the position of farmers’ organisations in their relations with government, private sector, NGOs and other stakeholders. Training courses in lobbying, advocacy techniques, capacities for formulation of business plans, projects and programmes, capacity-building to enable analysis of the institutional and economic environment, contacts with donors, market studies, farmer-controlled economic activities, etc. AgriCord support - € AIN project nr. Organisation Country Renforcement des capacités de la FUPRO, UPS, URP-Ouémé et URP-Mono/Couffo Renforcer la FEPAB afin d’œuvrer à l’accroissement des capacités organisationnelles, techniques et économiques de ses membres. 4959 FUPRO Benin 602 616 5232 FEPA/B Burkina Faso 803 982 Augmenter les revenues des producteurs agricoles membres de la FOPAC-NK 4914 FOPAC-NK CCA as active roleplayor in the local economic development of Nonualcos Profiling APFOG and formulation of joint advocacy programme by farmers platform Increase capacity for internal and external linkages Agricultural policy advocacy and lobbying of farmers interests at national level by CIFA Des paysans s’organisent pour être acteurs de leur développement Développement d’un plan d’affaires pour la mise en place d’une Centrale de Services pour des OP au Mali Strategic Plan NFFM 2008-2010: organisational consolidation and intensification of service delivery Fortalecimiento institucional de la CLAC y desarrollo de mercados y capacidades de los miembros Collaboration agreement between Agriterra and SCC 5209 5095 5167 5160 5145 CCA APFOG FONG CIFA SOA Congo, Dem. Rep. of El Salvador Ghana Ghana India Madagascar 5229 Faso Jigi Mali 5120 NFFM Moldova 5148 CLAC South-America 16 225 5103 SCC 145 907 Strengthening advocacy and enhancement of membership development 4864 AFA 366 694 Streamlining of service delivery to the Sugarcane Growers’ Associations in Tanzania Projet d’appui à la structuration du réseau national RENOP et à la défense des intérêts des agriculteurs togolais. Providing information services to farmers emerging out of conflict Operationalization of the National Association for Sugarcane Farmers in Uganda Un plan estratégico en ejecución para contribuir a la sostenibilidad From thousands to millions: ‘Fonds d’Appui à la promotion des poles d’entreprises agricoles (FAPEA) Création de la plateforme panafricaine des organisations paysannes et de producteurs de l’Afrique 4882 TASGA South-America South EastAsia Tanzania 5098 RENOP Togo 163 536 5159 4881 5123 KIDFA UNASGO AMRU Uganda Uganda Uruguay 12 879 157 495 114 978 5000 IFDC West -Africa 4 116 503 5259 ROPPA West-Africa 95 778 Project title 620 323 149 966 58 796 61 667 63 727 337 625 51 449 692 549 89 652 Work Area 5. Grass-roots participation Participatory approaches and group formation for grass roots economic development is supported with the aim of facilitating POs’ local networks and strengthening of their representative member base. The most challenging aspect of activities in this field is to gear this type of approach to the working and membership drive of national organisations, establishing direct and stronger links between the upper levels and members at local level. 14 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 Project title Programme de développement de l’agriculture par un renforcement du milieu paysan au Bénin Plan opérationnel des 4 axes stratégiques L’organisation de professionnels agricoles forte, visible et crédible Farmer organisations networks working for sustainable development of family agriculture Renforcement des capacités de négociation et de défense des intérêts de la fédération et ses membres Empowering farmers for effective participation in decision making (Bridging period proposal for 2008) Transition plan, linking Sowing the seeds of Renewal” with the Strategic plan” Micro projets FEKRITAMA – Madagascar Accompagnement de FIFATA et de ses 5 Fédérations régionales d’organisations paysannes membres à Madagascar Amplifier les initiatives et renforcer les capacités sur 2 zones pilotes de la Maison des Paysans à Tuléar, Madagascar Projet d’appui à la filière blé et à l’Union des coopératives Baabahuu Jici (PAFB/BJ) Amélioration des conditions de vie des pasteurs et agro-pasteurs Plan d’appui au renforcement des capacités des organisations paysannes de la filiere horticole Incidencia para el fortalecimiento de la Agricultura Sostenible y la Seguridad Alimentaría desde las mujeres y jóvenes rurales de la CNA PLAN 2008 Rendre des membres d’etre entrepreneurs performants”” PLAN D’ACTIONS 2008-2010: Organiser les producteurs autour de filières porteuses Programme de développement de l’agriculture par un renforcement du milieu paysan au Sénégal Advocacy seminars in Makeni and Kenema Mejora de la competitividad y el impacto social de las cooperativas agropecuarias From thousands to millions: Pilotage du projet 1000s+ par OP et facilitation de l’émergence des dynamiques économiques locales AIN project nr. Organisation Country AgriCord support - € 4949 FUPRO Benin 1,112,905 5013 5210 5114 FEPA/B FEPA/B FNN Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Cambodia 215,331 1 060 869 102 959 5197 FOP-BG Guinea 83 603 5068 FFAAP India 108 800 4875 5105 KENFAP FEKRITAMA Kenya Madagascar 644 162 149 804 4800 FIFATA Madagascar 378 427 5146 MdP Madagascar 368 771 4918 5200 5107 APCAM AREN FCMN-NIYA Mali Niger Niger 774 167 636 435 614 397 4843 CNA Peru 269 486 5131 5132 IMBARAGA Ingabo Rwanda Rwanda 124 305 421 994 5255 UGPM Senegal 1 018 462 5078 5125 NAFSL CAF Sierra Leone Uruguay 35 793 65 532 5143 ROPPA West Africa 1 259 024 Work Area 6. Development of training modules and facilities This work area involves among others, training of staff and members of rural membership organisations by cooperative management training courses for developing countries. The courses have taken place in different OECD countries as well as in various developing countries. Training courses have been supported on topics such as improvement of commercial skills in farmer organisations, strengthening financial management, agricultural production techniques and the introduction of ICT solutions. Project title Formation des jeunes au sein de collèges agricoles. Conception et réalisation de formations aux métiers de formateurs et conseillers agricoles. Curso internacional de lecheria Technical and bussiness training programme in Vietnam 1000+: Programmes de formation pour la professionnalisation de l’appui accompagnement selon l’approche CASE AIN project nr Organisation Country AgriCord support - € 4952 FIFATA Madagascar 269 479 5189 4932 AGALEP VICOPSME QT Peru Vietnam 12 430 355 513 5058 IFDC West Africa 1 213 971 AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 15 Work Area 7. Agricultural development and crops Support in this work area covers technical aspects of productive activities of crops and livestock as well as fisheries and forestry activities. Projects in this programme component target production issues from the perspectives of quality, productivity, cost reduction, environmental safety and sustainability. A large number of PO activities are dealing with the production aspects (quality issues, harvesting and delivery, volumes contracted…) related to market access, to processing requirements and, in general, to change management. Obviously, such activities are closely related to work area 11 (market and chain development). AIN project nr. Organisation Country 5030 FEPA/B Burkina Faso 43 937 5121 FEPA/B Burkina Faso 117 316 5072 UDPNP 349 040 Renforcement économique des pisciculteurs 4872 UCOPIS Appui au service de conseil en gestion de la FPFD Guinée Matching farmers and agribusiness Improved banana production for increased household income Integrated dairy goat management for improved household income Indigenous poultry rearing Amélioration de la production et de la mise en marché des produits agricoles dans le cercle de Kéniéba, région de Kayes Coopératives et valorisation des blés de qualité au Maroc Enriching farmers competency towards productivity enhancement and enterprise development Synergie des multiples initiatives économiques agricoles Improved agricultural production and access to markets and enhanced active participation of small scale farmers in local economic development processes Improve farmers capacity to produce safety and organic tea Improving farmer’s capacity of producing safe and organic tea in communes of Thai Nguyen province. 4844 5231 4976 4977 4983 FPFD FFAAP KENFAP KENFAP KENFAP Burkina Faso Congo, Dem. Rep. of Guinea India Kenya Kenya Kenya 4919 APCAM Mali 346 596 4951 Coop KhemCha Marokko 180 339 5129 PASAKA Philippines 112 477 5099 FONGS Senegal 187 982 5199 MVIWAMO Tanzania 188 447 4966 TNFU Vietnam 27 963 5181 TNFU Vietnam 62 982 Project title Consolider la Fédération des Professionnels Agricoles du Burkina Faso en optimisant les acquis de ses programmes de développement Soutien au réseau gestion pour développer le conseil à l’exploitation familiale au Burkina Faso Développement de la filière niébé dans la province du Sanmatenga au Burkina Faso AgriCord support - € 69 667 279 481 162 667 12 461 12 466 6 233 Work Area 8. Banking and credit sector, including insurance POs are initiators, brokers or facilitators, and sometimes direct providers of financial services to their members. This work area builds on the experiences gained by POs in setting up agricultural credit structures in Latin America and Africa. In Asia, the experiences are mainly in the area of setting up mutual insurance systems and with embedding insurance in the products offered by credit cooperatives. This will be a main area of development in the coming years, with inputs from private insurance companies. 16 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 Project title Strengthening the Credit Union movement in Lao PDR Up scaling of financial services to protect the poor Attaining self-sustaining status and sustained growth Oser et Croire 2007/2008 Strengthening and development of USAWA in Kilimanjaro Region Credit Union Development in Asia 2008-2010 Developing a micro insurance product in two Saving and Credit Co-operative Societies AIN project nr. 5052 5065 5119 4893 4967 5053 5157 Organisation Country ACCU NEFSCUN PMBA UPP-UF USAWA ACCU UCA Lao PDR Nepal Philippines Senegal Tanzania Thailand Uganda AgriCord support - € 337 512 154 051 85 575 112 573 321 061 579 384 31 515 Work Area 9. Inputs for agriculture The work area builds on the outcome of the Fertilizer Summit 2006 in Abuja, Nigeria. Also covered are the activities of EAFF in East Africa, in preparation of fertilizer retail cooperatives. In general, the work area adresses POs working on improvement of input supply to farmers. A particular and major contribution supports the role of farmer organisations within large regional (West Africa, East-Africa) programmes of IFDC (International Center for Soil Fertility and Development), and facilitates the implementation of NEPAD linked policies. Project title Des organisations paysannes fortes pour lutter contre la pauvreté en Guinée Enhancing quality and timely farm input supplies in five area branches AIN project nr. 5317 4986 Organisation Country FPFD KENFAP Guinea Kenya AgriCord support - € 3,174 31 164 Work Area 10. Farmer-to-farmer exchanges on agricultural technology Horizontal farmer-to-farmer information exchanges and Farmer Field Schools are typical ‘peer-to-peer’ approaches to learning and facilitation of innovation. Supported activities cover the technical aspects of cultivating specific crops: technical demonstrations and farmer-to-farmer visits, supply and use of inputs, extension work in rainfed and irrigation cropping, in horticulture, in animal husbandry, etc. Implementation of ICT solutions for agricultural information needs of farmers’ organisations is especially encouraged. Project title Animation du Réseau Méditerranéen RCM et renforcement des capacités des Groupes de base pour la promotion de l’Agriculture de Conservation Appui aux exploitations familiales à dominante cacaoyères via le renforcement de la Conaprocam et de ses fédérations. Organic rice production Appui à la structuration de l’UAR et au renforcement des services aux membres Appui au renforcement des services aux membres de l’UGKo AIN project nr. Organisation Country AgriCord support - € 5007 FERT Algerije 158 444 5184 Conaprocam Cameroon 432 478 4865 5075 5117 FFF UAR Plateaux UGKo Philippines Togo Togo 162 295 133 420 137 958 AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 17 Work Area 11. Market and chain development Trade capacity building initiatives are supported from village to national level, including strengthening of commercial bargaining power, contract farming, and building of commercial capacity in both domestic and export markets. This is one of the priority work areas and includes 12% of the FFP expenditure. Market access and chain development are of high interest for farmers in developing countries. Typical PO activities are: strengthening membership participation in cooperative networks and federations, formulation of business plans, contract farming and outgrowers’ schemes, activities directly related to marketing and relations with processors or traders. Nuevos miembros, mejores servicios, mayor producción de lana AIN project nr. 5067 Vente groupée d’anacarde dans l’Atacora et la Donga 5163 URPA / AD Benin 126 731 Strengthening the cooperative branches in Parana region 4880 UNICAFES-PR Brazil 48 700 Cooperative branches, chain development & lobby capacity 5215 Consolidation d’UNILEITE pour une professionnalisation des exploitations familiales d’élevage 5045 laitier du Sud-Ouest du Parana UNICAFES-PR Brazil 442 180 UNILEITE Brazil 131 489 Commercialisation des produits apicoles 4869 ASALI Professionnalisation des agriculteurs de la Cooperative Centrale du Nord-Kivu 4862 Coocenki Renforcement des federations agricoles au Nord-Kivu 4861 SYDIP Renforcement économique et securisation foncieres des collectifs 4911 UPDI Project title Strengthening of the provincial union of potato producers in commercialisation and market5206 ing strategies of the potato sector in Ecuador Projet d’appui à la mise en marché du lait à la CCA (phase 2) 5069 Country FECORSUR Argentina Congo, Dem. Rep. of Congo,Dem. Rep. Congo, Dem. Rep. of Congo, Dem. Rep. of AgriCord support - € 51 855 131 476 151 575 469 904 365 258 CONPAPA Ecuador 68 287 CCA Ethiopia Learning Alliance El Salvador 346 126 Ethiopia 157 144 APODIP Guatemala 192 099 INA Indonesia 141 706 Renforcement des capacités des éleveurs laitiers du Vakinankaratra (Union ROVA) 5050 Proceso de análisis participativo de las ventajas competitivas para el desarrollo económico de 5055 pequeños y medianos productores Fortaleciendo los afiliados de UNAG Chontales - Fase II 5100 FERT Madagaskar 195 776 UNAG Chinandega Nicaragua 26 207 UNAG Chontales Nicaragua 98 686 Appui à la mise en place d’un projet pilote de mise en marché collective 4832 FCMN-NIYA Niger 229 258 Renforcement des unions membres de la FUCOPRI (2008-2009) 5135 FUCOPRI Niger 406 147 Fortalecimiento Organizacional y Empresarial de la SPAR 4942 SPAR Peru 60 515 Enhancing the Marketing Capacity of Corn and Sugar Farmers in the Philippines 4930 Projet d’Augmentation de Revenue Agricole et Protection de l’Evironment pour led habitants 5064 du district de Gicumbi PARAPEGI. NATCCO Impuyaki Cooperative Philippines 214 605 Rwanda 110 979 “Fair deal” in cotton contract farming 5051 SACAU SouthernAfrica 318 000 Linking small-scale coffee farmers to better markets 5115 South America 43 690 Strengthening of commercial capacities of agricultural producers in Tanzania 4998 Pachamama Coffee Co-op Mviwata Tanzania 101 977 Appui à la commercialisation du café et du cacao biologiques au Togo 5126 ATPB Togo 77 808 Raising the Food- and Income Security of Poor Farm Households in Masindi District 5088 Madfa Uganda 127 486 A Farmer-driven approach for improved coffee quality and increased value share 5213 NUCAFE Uganda n.a. Learning alliance Ethiopia: Chain empowerment of farmer organisations 5042 Improved market conditions, quality labeling, cooperative management for 1300 small organic 5205 coffeeproducers Horticultural Partnership Support Programme (HPSP) - 2nd phase 4834 18 Organisation | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 Project title AIN project nr. Raising the Food and Income Security of Poor Farm Households in Hoima District 5139 Raising the food and income security of poor farm households in Mbarara District 5138 Weaving the oil seed web: Commercializing oilseed production by small holder farmers in North East Uganda Transformación y Crecimiento del Sistema Cooperativo Agropecuario Organisation UNFFE-Hoima District UNFFE-Mbarara District Country AgriCord support - € Uganda 289 870 Uganda 325 140 5130 UOSPA Uganda 575 585 4846 CAF Uruguay 153 013 Contribuyendo a la implementación del plan de negocios 5127 CDC Uruguay 88 256 Agricultural value chain development in fragile states 5112 Agriterra World 26 196 Work Area 12. Research for development in agriculture Support is available for expanding the positive experiences of participatory development of research agendas by farmers’ organisations and linking POs at all levels to agricultural research for development. Examples of activities to be supported are: meetings for agenda setting among farmer organisations that will guide research institutes in the priority setting for their research; backing up and preparation of this priority setting and organizing the demand side in general. IFAP is increasingly involved in the steering of applied research programmes by a number of international research and development networks, and in the feedback of research outcomes to farmer organisations. Institutionalized relations with international research groups, such as ECART (EU) and developing countries research centres are desired outcomes. A number of PO activities are dealing with such issues. However, they have been classified under other work areas: an example is the ESFIM programme (empowering smallholder farmers in markets), in work area 1 (Participatory Policy Preparation) considering the policy oriented focus of the research. Work Area 13. Other services and rural development issues A number of cross-cutting issues are relevant for farmers and POs: environmental concerns; rural infrastructures for farmers; energy from and for farming; agricultural journalism; agricultural mechanization; agricultural education; land reform; veterinarian services; and issues related to access and management of water. HIV/AIDS is a cross cutting issue for all projects supported in many countries with HIV/AIDS emergency and activities are generally supported under all work areas. In addition, several special HIV/ AIDS initiatives, in particular aiming at the “mainstreaming” of HIV/AIDS in POs, have been supported under work area 13. Project title Trajectory: towards better HIV/AIDS competent producer organisations KENFAP in HIV/AIDS mitigation among the farming community Effectively respond to the impact and consequences of HIV/AIDS Internal mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in UOSPA: focus on staff AIN project nr. 5230 5207 5221 5222 Organisation Country Agri-ProFocus KENFAP UNFFE UOSPA East-Africa Kenya Uganda Uganda AgriCord support - € 67 260 34 415 41 799 63 906 AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 19 Work Area 14. Gender and women in development A considerable part of the overall budget is earmarked for specific projects and activities aimed at women and at improving the gender balance in organisations and their activities. Farmer organisations can propose targeted investments and activities, allowing for increased women’s participation. Most POs consider “gender” as a “mainstream” aspect of their policy. Most projects supported in other work areas do include support for this aspect as a subcomponent, and therefore do not appear in this work area. IFAP has formulated a policy strategy specifically targeting gender issues, the support to rural women and their involvement in POs. In 2005 a pilot seminar to define strengthening needs from the national level was conducted in Latin America. In 2008, IFAP replicated this pilot experience in Africa and in Asia, to define the capacity building needs to empower the role of the rural women in POs, both in the organisations representing only women and in the organisations representing both men and women. Formación de líderes para mejorar la economía de COMUVA con visión empresarial AIN project nr. 4781 Femme paysanne, debout pour l’auto promotion 4867 LOFEPACO Contribución al desarrollo democrático, político y productivo de las mujeres de CMC Establishing Women’s Learning centres in Andhra Pradesh Fortaleciendo el liderazgo para un empoderamiento con equidad e igualdad de género Fortalecimiento de la Coordinadora Nacional de Mujeres Cafetaleras 5194 4961 4831 5171 CMC FFAAP AMMOR JNC Project title Organisation Country CoMuVA Bolivia Congo, Dem. Rep. of Costa Rica India Mexico Peru AgriCord support - € 145 070 263 210 71 382 59 504 105 390 62 557 Work Area 15. Information and communication technology Farmer organisations can start or improve their websites using a common platform (Agro-Info.Net). They can develop telecentre-type solutions for agricultural information and communication in general (in cooperation with IFDC). Opportunities are offered to develop and implement market information systems through the internet, with farmers’ organisations as users and suppliers of data. This is in direct response to the priorities defined by market-oriented POs from more than 40 countries in seminars organized by AgriCord in Montevideo, Brussels and Seoul. The work area also supports the development of open-source software for cooperative management. Project title Livelihood improvement of farmers and rural Women Software Development for Cooperatives The Kenya Coffee Cooperatives ICT Management Program Farmers communication center Renforcement du dispositif et des services ICT du CRCR et de ses membres 1000+: ICT component Agro-info as information platform for producer organisations SMS Market Information System for South and East Africa 20 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 AIN project nr. 4685 4047 5122 4981 5224 5059 5033 5031 Organisation Country CKO Agriterra KCGA KENFAP CRCR ROPPA Agriterra ZNFU India Kenya Kenya Kenya Mali West-Africa World Zambia AgriCord support - € 219 157 256 138 112 706 6 233 37 759 1 457 300 304 855 99 027 Work Area 16. Diversification of agriculture. Rural off-farm economic activities The implementation of new and non-conventional ways of increasing farm income is supported under this work area. Sustainable production of bio-energy, access to the market of CO2 sequestration, handicraft and agrotourism are examples. Agrotourism is an alternative in which a relevant and growing number of farmer organisations have shown interest. This alternative is an area in which the collaboration between OECD POs and developing countries POs has a huge potential. The experience of Agriterra, Dutch POs and a Dutch university is an example of this potential collaboration for many other cases. Project title Tourisme rural communautaire au Bénin Fortalecimiento institucional y comercial de TUSOCO HUADQUIÑA: La hacienda cooperativa las fincas de café y su gran diversidad en camino al Machupicchu Business Plan for community based rural tourism development in Kwalei and Kwekanga Building the capacity of VNFU for the development of Agro-tourism AIN project nr. 5021 5101 AgriCord support - € 34 780 70 085 Organisation Country UCP Grand-Popo TUSOCO Benin Bolivia 5049 COCLA Peru 40 398 4887 5002 Mviwata VNFU Tanzania Vietnam 187 912 294 213 Work Area 17. Farmer-controlled economic initiatives & processing of agricultural products This work area supports initiatives of vertical chain integration from the bottom up. Where the establishment of “farmer led” initiatives in the agro-food chain (processing, trading) is considered by a growing number of POs. POs become (co-)owners of other (upward) links in the from-farm-to-fork chain. Typical PO activities here are: cooperative processing and marketing of fruits and vegetables, establishment of auctions, improvement of product quality and organisational strengthening needed for increased bargaining power. Project title Fortalecimiento institucional de la confederación empresarial del campo Mejoramiento de la Competitividad del sector Apícola Building entrepreneurial skills in a fledging rural institution: training for improved management and marketing of vegetable and fruit co-operative Co-operative dairy processing by women small holder producers Economic development through market improvement of peppers and organic vegetables Enhancing distribution and value addition of milk in three area branches Cotton growing and ginning Multipurpose fruit juice processing in three area branches Modernisation and commercialisation of honey production in six Area Branches Appui à l’amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire dans la région de Zinder au Niger Productores de papa por competitividad contra la pobreza (etapa 1) Valorisation du métier des femmes éleveurs pour lutter contre l’exode rural dans la région de Kaolack, Sénégal Improvement of Distribution System for Dairy Products AIN project nr. 4852 4955 AgriCord support - € 241 194 167 892 Organisation Country Colombia Ecuador India 27 273 4686 5097 4979 4980 4982 4984 5240 5190 CONFECAMPO UNORCAC Green-Foundtion /NISARGA IIMF SPPQT KENFAP KENFAP KENFAP KENFAP CSAOCP CORPAPA India Indonesia Kenya Kenya Kenya Kenya Niger Peru 61 267 93 188 18 694 6 233 18 698 37 361 32 789 26 850 5173 DIRFEL Senegal 73 041 4801 TDCU Tanzania 5 352 5180 AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 21 Work Area 18. Involvement of Farmers’ Constituencies in OECD Countries All awareness raising and support generating activities in OECD countries, targeted at the farming communities in these countries, are grouped under this heading. The aim is to create and maintain the involvement of farmers, rural people and their organisations for the situation of their colleagues in developing countries. The involvement of the agri-agencies, as structural partners of farmer organisations in OECD countries, constitutes a strong basis for such mobilisation. Within AgriCord, agriagencies have started coordinating the awareness raising activities in their own countries. 22 Project title AIN project nr. Organisation Country Strengthening solidarity and mutual respect between farmer organisations in North and South 5204 TRIAS Belgium 176,602 Des paysans sans frontières en campagne pour un développement durable 5022 AFDI France 83,823 Raising funds for rural development Publicity, publications and media in The Netherlands Events to raise awareness (NL) Symposium 20 years development cooperation LLTB (NL) Young farmers: pushing back frontiers in cooperation (NL) 4901 4899 4902 5202 4888 Agriterra Agriterra Agriterra LLTB NAJK Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands 5,000 90,000 92,000 30,547 119,419 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 AgriCord support - € 2008 Activities – Monitoring and Evaluation Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) task team An M&E task team comprising of representatives of the agri-agencies has been established to coordinate and advise on the harmonization of procedures and to improve the efficiency of the M&E functions in the FFP programme. Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs supports this particular part of AgriCord’s work since 2007. It consolidates AgriCord’s role for • coordination of activities of member agencies in monitoring and evaluation • facilitation of exchanges on horizontal themes • promote information sharing within the AgriCord-network • coordination of stakeholder relations, particularly relations with IFAP DCC and its members. The task team started in November 2008, works as part of AgriCord’s Project Committee, and involves senior staff of Agriterra, Trias and SCC. The M&E task team promotes coordination of the approaches of the different agri-agencies by providing working documents and by proposing joint procedures for planning, monitoring and evaluation, for country mapping, for organisational profiling, etc. Farmers Fighting Poverty development strategy: stakeholder views With the support of DGIS (Netherlands, Directorate General for International Cooperation), the KIT (Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam) interviewed the leaders of 33 producer organisations from Africa, Asia and Latin America regarding the strategy for the implementation of the FFP programme. The views confirm that the support strategy is appreciated by the farmer leaders. Agri-agencies are rooted in the agricultural sector and know through experience what farmer organisations are about and the challenges they face. Their support does not use blue-print approaches, but is pragmatic. AgriCord-agencies also invest in long-term relationships, which may have their ups and downs, but ensures continuity of projects and programmes. For farmer leaders, agri-agencies are putting too much emphasis on organisational strengthening, when designing support for national organisations. Leaders themselves emphasize the need for more grassroots support, for example for agri-business development opportunities. Producers’ organisations feel that during the design process donors and others sometimes put issues on the agenda (e.g. HIV/ AIDS was mentioned) which are not always the most urgent PO priorities. Procedures for the development, screening and approval of full proposals are also perceived as long (6 to 12 months) and suffer from insufficiency in communication. The “KIT” report is available on request. In connection with the IFAP World Farmers’ Conference in Warsaw, June 2008. Wennink, Heemskerk and Nederlof, Improving Development Practices: The Producer’s Perspective, Royal Tropical Institute, 2009. AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 23 Project planning: country mapping When planning AgriCord involvement in a new country, the strategy for effective implementation is to be grounded on reliable information on the new operating environment. Country mapping is a standard procedure for the collection of relevant information on the economic and legal systems, farmer organisation structures, roles of stakeholders and their activities. The information is updated as needed and according to available resources. Country mapping was conducted in 2007 for nine countries, and in 2008 for eleven new countries: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Nigeria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Project implementation: harmonization of M&E concepts AgriCord aims to provide transparent and useful information of its network activities to all the stakeholders. The backbone of the monitoring system is the online database Agro-Info.Net (AIN). Considerable work is performed by all the agri-agencies in updating AIN continuously for information on individual projects through the various identification, approval and implementation stages. The system covers financial data and selected result chain indicators for inputs, outputs and outcomes and aggregate the information to work area and programme levels as well as for each donor. A common understanding of the system inputs and outputs is required. M&E development has therefore concentrated on the harmonization of M&E within the network. A shared planning, monitoring and evaluation (PME) system has been developed together with the network partners during 2008. One of the indicators monitored is outreach. The goal of the FFP programme during 2007-2010 is to reach directly 2.7 million members of farmer organisations by the end of the programme. Outreach of year 2007 is given below: Outreach (participants) per Work Area: 1. Participatory Policy Formulation 2. Financial management 3. Internal organisational strengthening 4. Institutional development 5. Grass-roots participation 6. Development of training modules & facilities 7. Agricultural development 8 Banking and Credit sector (incl. insurance) 9. Inputs for agriculture 10. Farmer-to-Farmer Agricultural extension 11. Market & Chain Development 12. Research for development in agriculture 13 Other services to agriculture 14. Gender and women in development 15. Information & communication technology 16. Diversification in agriculture 17. Processing of agricultural products Total 24 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 2007 51,695 709 27,471 21,867 127,475 7,008 63,757 30,618 27,738 64,911 33,625 6,458 36,438 71,456 163,018 12,644 19,352 766,241 Project outcomes: profiling The main purpose of the FFP development efforts is to strengthen farmer organisations in developing countries to represent their members and facilitate their economic activities efficiently. Profiling is a tool to measure the immediate outcome for a number of key indicators. 29 organisations were profiled in 13 countries during 2008. The profiling results from 2008 are still being analysed. Results from 2007 indicate that organisational development results are promising: Profiling indicators % change in Representation % change in Participation % change in Accountability % change in Strategic potential % change in Professional capacity % change in Gender % change in Income diversity % change in Organisation degree Change 2007 10% 25% 15% 15% 20% 20% 7% 2% Farmers Fighting Poverty: evidence on impact from 2008 Impact of support to producer organisations, in terms of improvement of living conditions at the household level, is only expected as a long term result after the project intervention. However, in 2008, we started collecting available evidence on impact. In total 30 cases were screened, which cover support to an estimated 100,000 farmers. Impact in the reviewed cases is positive in terms of increased income, although this cannot be exclusively attributed to the support provided to the producer organisation only. Impact at the farmers’ level is also positive in terms of social confidence, creative attitude and participation in community dynamics, especially for women. This helps to decrease their vulnerability. Below are three examples of the 30 cases. The full report on Evidence of Impact from the Farmers Fighting Poverty Programme is available on request. Case: Mayawa, a regional farmer organisation in Kagera (Tanzania), is active in both rural and urban areas. It has received organisational support for several years since the 1990s. Mayawa has contributed to smallholder production of vanilla, mushrooms, rosella and jatropha. Successes have been recorded, but they have not been fully exploited because of deficient market studies when introducing new crops. Still, a quantitative survey found that the average income from non-traditional crops increased by 326% in the rural areas and by 441% in the urban areas. For traditional crops, there was an income increase of 70% in the rural areas and 180% in urban villages, between 2003 and 2006, The average annual production of food crops increased 5% and 17% for rural and urban districts. Quality of housing has improved: 54 % of the houses were made of bricks in 2007 against 30% four years earlier, 46% houses had mud walls compared to 70% four years earlier. 49% of the respondents own a phone now, 90% acquired this phone during the programme period and used it for market information. The major elements of the impact related to the farmers’ well-being are: improved living conditions, better food security, increased confidence, optimism and trust that have evolved over the years of the organisation’s existence. AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 25 Case: The final evaluation of support to Mbadifa (district farmers’ union in Mbarara district, Uganda) states that farmers, 56% female, reported improvements in yields and diversification of incomes. 94% of the farmers increased their household incomes. The programme supported training in husbandry practices, formation of farmer groups, providing market information, facilitating market linkages and facilitating linkages to other service providers. 16,109 members acquired skills in at least one targeted potential income generating enterprise. Housing improved, with 80% of the farmers owning decent housing with between 3‑6 rooms. Sanitation was good with 58% of the households meeting all sanitation requirements. Water availability and access had improved, with 30% of the farmers having water tanks, 10% having springs and 4% having boreholes. Access to fuel wood was fair with only 56% of the farmers moving less than 1000 m. Workload for women was reduced. Case: An evaluation in the VFA Vietnam Farmers Association in Cantho, Vietnam, showed that farmers’ sales prices had increased by 21% for agricultural products and by 16% for non-agricultural products. This was as a result of higher quality products, better organised transportation, and better timing of sales. A generally higher market demand, which was not controlled by the project, contributed to the results. 26 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 Inside AgriCord in 2008 AgriCord Governance in 2008 The AgriCord Board meets on a monthly basis, either physically or by conference call. In 2008, Board meetings took place on the following dates: 23 January, 20 February, 19 March, 23 April, 21 May, 2 June (Warsaw), 8 July, 26 September (Montréal), 19 November, 17 December. The 2008 AgriCord General Assembly took place in Warsaw on 31 May 2008. Highlights 2008 AgriCord Governance • After 5 years of existence, AgriCord revised its Articles of Association. The new Articles clarify the mandate of AgriCord, the position of agri-agencies as members, as well as the position and role of farmer organisations as associated members. • Board and General Assembly approved accounts 2007, budget 2008/2009, and workplan 2009 of the organisation and its Secretariat. In particular, the Board has opted for maintaining a lean secretariat and for increased mobilisation of agri-agency staff, working for the whole network. • The Board discussed the Rules and Procedures of the organisation, covering different aspects of the organisation’s work: associated membership, the Project Committee procedure, the Work Area definition and management, functions and tasks at the Secretariat, communication, etc. • The Board supervised the development of working relations with different governments, development agencies and international development organisations. • Board and General Assembly named a second vice-president. AgriCord vice-presidents are named among agri-agency directors. Laure Hamdi (AFDI) and Kees Blokland (Agriterra) have been mandated. • During the 2008 General Assembly, AgriCord expressed sincere thanks to Noël Devisch, past president of Boerenbond, and to Jack Wilkinson, past president of IFAP, for their active efforts to strengthen the position of producer organisations in developing countries. • Special attention was given by the Board and by the President of AgriCord to the role and activities of the Development Cooperation Committee (DCC) of IFAP, and to the work of IFAP’s coordinators in different regions (continents). • The Board has followed up membership issues with IDACA (Japan), ASES (Italy), Norges Vel (Norway), as well as associated membership issues with OECD farmer organisations in Italy (CIA), Spain (UPA), and initial contacts in Greece (Paseges) and Germany (DGRV with DBV). AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 27 Agri-agencies, members of AgriCord AFDI (Agriculteurs Français et Developpement International), France Agri-agence de la FNSEA, APCA, Jeunes Agriculteurs CNJA et CNMCCA Agriterra, Netherlands Agri-agency of LTO, the foundation of rural women’s organisations SSVO, NCR and NAJK FERT, France Agri-agence partenaire du Groupe “Céréaliers de France” (AGPB, AGPM, ARVALIS, UNIGRAINS) IDACA (Institute for the Development of Agricultural Cooperation), Japan Agri-agency of JA ZENCHU, Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives SCC (Swedish Cooperative Center), Sweden Agri-agency of LRF (Lantbrukarnas Riksförbund), Federation of Swedish Farmers Trias, Belgium Agri-agency of Boerenbond, Landelijke Gilden, rural women KVLV and rural youth KLJ UPA DI (UPA Développement international), Canada Agri-agence de l’UPA, Union des Producteurs Agricoles (Québec) Associated organisations IFAP/FIPA (International Federation of Agricultural Producers) MTK (The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners), Finland General Assembly, Board and Management of AgriCord France Netherlands Finland France Japan Belgium Sweden Canada FNSEA BOERENBOND BOERENBOND LTO MTK GROUPE CEREALIERS JA ZENCHU BOERENBOND LRF UPA NORGES VEL AFDI Agriterra FERT IDACA Trias SCC UPA DI IFAP IFAP EXECUTIVE MEMBERS SECRETARIATE BOARD PRESIDENT MANAGING DIRECTOR PROJECT COMMITTEE WORK AREAS 28 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 Composition of the General Assembly of AgriCord (2008) Agri-agencies farmers’ constituency executive Karen Serres Albert Jan Maat Mamuro Moteki Piet Vanthemsche Henri de Benoist Elisabeth Gauffin Laurent Pellerin Laure Hamdi Kees Blokland Kenjiro Miyazaki Lode Delbare Anne Panel Armando Costa Pinto Marie-Christine Talbot Associated organisations farmers’ constituency executive IFAP MTK (Finland) Ajay Vashee Elisabeth Gauffin Giuseppe Politi Jacques Bonou K. P. Singh Carlos Simancas Tapio Kytölä David King AFDI (France) Agriterra (Netherlands) IDACA (Japan) Trias (Belgium) FERT (France) SCC (Sweden) UPA DI (Canada) Composition of the Board of AgriCord (2008) Agri-agencies AFDI (France) Agriterra (Netherlands) IDACA (Japan) Trias (Belgium) FERT (France) SCC (Sweden) UPA DI (Canada) Laure Hamdi Kees Blokland Kenjiro Miyazaki Lode Delbare Anne Panel Armando Costa Pinto Marie-Christine Talbot Associated organisations IFAP MTK (Finland) David King Elisabeth Gauffin Tapio Kytölä President / Président (farmers’ constituency) Laurent Pellerin Vice Presidents / Vice présidents (agri-agencies) Laure Hamdi Kees Blokland Managing Director / Administrateur Délégué Ignace Coussement AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 29 Financial statements 2008 Income statement – Résultat 2008 – Estado de ingresos y gastos (euro) Expenses - Dépenses - Gastos Income - Recettes - Ingresos 2008 2007 2006 FO Projects – Projets OP – Proyectos OC (Programme dgis/tmf) 64.626 643.372 1.538.519 General expenses – Frais généraux – Gastos generales 119.417 87.981 65.532 2007 2006 64.626 742.836 1.538.519 Membership contributions – Cotisations – Cotizaciones de miembros 15.922 Services rendered – Services fournis – Servicios prestados 2008 Grants – Subventions – Subvenciones (Programme dgis/tmf) 88.275 90.408 55.538 55.633 administration fees- frais d’administration - gastos administrativos - 173.593 118.689 - Personnel costs – Frais de personnel – Costes de personal 309.978 201.591 Special services & other incomes – Service spéciaux & autres recettes – Servicios especiales & otros ingresos - Total expenses – Dépenses totales – Gastos totales 559.553 1.021.222 35.024 122.222 - Financial income – Produit financier – Ingresos financieros 1.554.442 Result – Résultat – Resultado 230.561 634 456 106 Other incomes – Autres recettes – Otros ingresos 18.520 39.817 34.754 - - 1.039.742 1.594.259 Allocated reserves 23.652 Reserves current year 11.372 Grand total – Total global – Total general 594.576 1.039.742 Total income – Recettes totales – Total ingresos 1.594.259 © AgriCord vzw, Minderbroedersstraat 8, 3000 Leuven, April 2009. 30 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 594.576 Balance sheet – Bilan – Balance (euro) Assets - Actif - Activos 31.12.2008 Liabilities - Passif - Pasivos 31.12.2007 31.12.2006 Fixed assets – actif immobilisé – activos fijos 833 1.667 893 314.882 36.975 Debtors – Débiteurs – Deudores 65.848 792.741 31.12.2006 143.443 108.419 89.899 323.920 62.285 Creditors – Créditeurs – Acreedores Current assets – Capital de roulement – Activos circulantes 31.12.2008 31.12.2007 Capital and reserves – Capital et réserves – Capital y reservas 138.495 81.226 Advances received on contracts in progress – Avances reçues sur contrats – Anticipos recibidos por contractos 422.403 596.251 25.848 308.321 3.143 233 41.542 - - 458.188 460.505 458.188 460.505 Deffered charges - Frais reportés - Cargos diferidos 3.039 Total assets – Actif total – Total activos 862.463 Total liabilities – Passif total – Total pasivos 862.463 © AgriCord vzw, Minderbroedersstraat 8, 3000 Leuven, April 2009. AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 31 32 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 Beyond 2008 – Perspectives and Priorities Building a stronger international alliance for strengthening producer organisations in developing countries The overall objective and mandate of AgriCord, as defined in the Articles of Association, is to strengthen the membership based organisations of rural people, unions of farmers, farmer controlled initiatives and cooperatives, in developing countries. The ultimate aim is to combat poverty, that is why our activities are labelled “Farmers Fighting Poverty”. Through our network, producer organisations from developing countries have access to financial support and to advisory services. AgriCord wants to be a more comprehensive, a more efficient and a more flexible mechanism for support to the representative organisations of farmers and rural people in developing countries. In this perspective, AgriCord will • mobilise broader backdonor support • increase the involvement of OECD farmer organisations • enhance the cooperation between agri-agencies. In 2009, agri-agencies will draw lessons from its their first 5 years of cooperation within AgriCord, and from their first 2 years of mobilisation for “Farmers Fighting Poverty”. I. Broader backdonor support from bilateral and multilateral development agencies AgriCord finalized its first 2003-2007 contract with the Governments of the Netherlands (DGIS) for the programme “Trade Capacity Development and Farmer organisations” (2003-2007). Through its “producers support programme” for “Farmers Fighting Poverty”, DGIS (with Agriterra as backdonor coordinator for AgriCord), remains the main financer of support to producer organisations, as implemented by AgriCord. In 2008, further efforts were made to broaden the funding basis for “Farmers Fighting Poverty”. At the end of 2008, the following backdonors and agri-agencies were involved: • Netherlands: DGIS, with Agriterra 2007-2010 (4 years) • Canada: ACDI/CIDA, with UPA DI 2005-2008 (3 years) • Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with AgriCord (different agri-agencies) 2007-2008 (1,5 year) and 2009-2010 (2 years) • International: IFAD, with AgriCord (different agri-agencies) 2007-2009 (2 years) • Sweden: SIDA, with SCC 2007-2010 (3 years) • France: AFD, with AFDI and FERT (3 years) The agri-agencies mobilized complementary support and funding: • in Canada, through UPA DI (backdonor ACDI/CIDA) • in France, through AFDI and through FERT (backdonors France and EU) • in Belgium, through Trias (backdonors Belgium and EU) • in Sweden, through SCC (backdonors Sweden and EU) AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 33 Part of the funding for “Farmers Fighting Poverty” comes from private sources, as mobilised by agriagencies, often together with the farmer organisations in their countries. This link to the farmers’ constituency in their own country is generally a condition for backdonor funding mobilisation by each agri-agency. In 2009, further contacts with a number of other bilateral and multilateral backdonors and/or aid agencies will be initiated by the agri-agencies and by the associated farmer organisations. II. Increasing involvement of OECD farmer organisations The strongest involvement of OECD farmer organisations is reflected in the constituency of the different agri-agencies. The commitments of the following OECD farmers’ constituency were confirmed and strengthened: • AFDI, France: FNSEA, APCA, Jeunes Agriculteurs CNJA, CNMCCA • Agriterra, Netherlands: LTO, NCR, NAJK, the Dutch Foundation of Rural Women’s Organisations SSVO • FERT, France: Groupe “Céréaliers de France” (AGPB, AGPM, ARVALIS et UNIGRAINS) • Trias, Belgium: Boerenbond, Landelijke Gilden, KVLV and KLJ. • SCC, Sweden: LRF (Lantbrukarnas Riksförbund), Federation of Swedish Farmers • UPA DI, Canada: UPA, Union des Producteurs Agricoles (Québec). In 2008, contacts were maintained with IDACA in view of final decision on IDACA’s membership, and JA Zenchu’s support for their membership. At the initiative and with support of DBV (Deutsche Bauernverband), an exchange meeting took place with DGRV (Deutscher Genossenschafts- und RaiffeisenVerband), an agri-agency that was among the initiators of AgriCord. Active mobilisation in favour of AgriCord’s work for producer organisations was provided by • MTK, the Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners, Finland, resulting in renewal of funding to producer organisations in developing countries for 2009-2010 • the Austrian Chamber of Agriculture, Austria. AgriCord and it member agencies will intensify efforts to establish working relations with the representative organisations of farmers and rural people in OECD countries. IFAP’s policy, aiming at a active and comprehensive involvement of developing country farmer organisations in its activities, also mobilises OECD farmer organisations. Following prospective contacts in Italy, Spain, Greece and Belgium, the following OECD farmer organisations are now considering associated membership and/ or agri-agency membership in AgriCord • from Italy: CIA, Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori • from Spain: UPA, Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos • from Belgium: FWA, Fédération Wallonne d’Agriculture. III. Increased cooperation between agri-agencies Support to producer organisations in the “Farmers Fighting Poverty” framework has been a joint effort of the agri-agencies, with consistent administrative and organisational backing by Agriterra. Project proposals from farmer organisations, either as project ideas or as full projects, are processed by the Project Committee independently from the backdonor funding. 34 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 The adoption of common procedures within our network is rather slow, mainly due to the very different requirements of backdonors (Governments and Aid Agencies) in different countries. Agriterra, in charge of the administrative and methodological support, has consistenly reorganized and adapted the web-based procedures, making Agro-Info.Net a reliable and operational instrument for management, monitoring and decision-making. The international community supports the harmonization of development approaches and procedures. Through its Project Committee, AgriCord is fully involved in bringing together procedures from agencies in different countries. Ultimately, this must make life easier for the organisations in developing countries. It is about simplification and increasing the efficiency of aid. For the agri-agencies, it is also about focusing on our specific contribution (added value) to the strengthening of POs in developing countries. In all this, transparency is crucial. Essential information (objectives, results, activities, resources) on individual projects and farmer organisations are shared within the network. Relevant documents (e.g. reports) are uploaded. Participating farmer organisations, as well as backdonors, have online access to available information on funding, on advisory services provided, and on results obtained. IV. Stronger role for the Development Cooperation Committee of IFAP Within AgriCord, a programme or project committee (PC) is operational since end of 2005. The PC gets feedback from the DCC, allowing for more input and steering by farmer organisations. Exchanges between farmer organisations on lessons learned, based upon internal and external evaluations are used to document and underpin the work of the DCC and the PC. Member agencies of AgriCord as well as the management participate in the DCC meetings. The regional coordinators of IFAP provide support to POs from developing countries for the preparation of these meetings, resulting in stronger positions and participation in the meetings. Beyond the 2008 global DCC meeting in Warsaw, exchanges and discussions on development policies took place in different regional meetings, organised by IFAP. AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 35 36 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 Information on AgriCord members and their activities 2008 Staff Number of persons employed for support to farmer organisations in developing countries (full time equivalents, personnel on AgriCord member’s payroll), including awareness raising activities. Situation end 2008 Staff (FTE) 41 47 20 8 84 107 24 331 AFDI Agriterra FERT IDACA Trias SCC UPA DI Total AgriCord Volume of activities Total volume of development cooperation activities of the member organisation, as reported in the accounts, for support to farmer organisations in developing countries. 2008 AFDI Agriterra FERT IDACA Trias SCC UPA DI Total AgriCord Mio € (Euro) 4,5 10,5 3,0 1,0 8,4 30,0 4,7 62,1 AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 37 Countries List of countries (ODA recipients) in which AgriCord members support professional farmers’ organisations, according to OECD/DAC list of countries, and volume of activities within each country. = less than € 50.000 volume of activities in this country ll = between € 50.000 and € 200.000 volume of activities in this country l l l = more than € 200.000 volume of activities in this country l Remark: ■ = LDC’s: Least Developed Countries according to DAC list of Aid Recipients- as at 1 January 2006. ✳ = SCC projects in housing sector 38 LDC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ AFDI AGRITERRA FERT IDACA Trias SCC Afghanistan l l l l Afrique du Sud l l l Albanie l Algérie l l l Argentina l l l l Arménie Bénin l l l l l l Biélorussie l l l l l l l l l l Bolivie Burkina Faso l l l l l l l Brésil l l l l l l l l l l l Cambodge l l l l l l Cameroun lll Chili Colombie l l l l l l l Costa Rica l l Côte d’Ivoire Ecuador l l l l l l l l l l l l El Salvador Ethiopia lll Ghana l l l l l l l l l Guatemala Guinée l l l l l Haïti l l l l l l l l Honduras l l l Inde/India l l l l l Indonésie lll Jordon | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 UPA DI ll lll l ll lll LDC 29 30 31 32 ■ ■ 33 ■ 34 35 36 ■ 37 38 ■ 39 40 ■ 41 42 43 44 45 ■ 46 47 48 ■ 49 ■ 50 51 52 ■ 53 ■ 54 55 ■ 56 57 ■ 58 59 60 61 ■ 62 63 AFDI AGRITERRA FERT IDACA Trias SCC l l l l l l Kenya l Kosovo l Lebanon Madagascar l l l l l l l l l l l Malawi l l l Mali l l l l l l Maroc l l l l l l Mexico Mocambique l l l l l l l l l l l l Moldavia Népal l l l l l l l l l Nicaragua Niger l l l Palestine l l l l l l l l l Paraguay l l l l l Peru l l l l l l l l l l Philippines RDC (Congo) l l l l l l l l l l l l l Roumanie l l Russie Rwanda l l l l Sénégal l l l l l Sierra Leone lll Sri Lanka l l l Tanzanie l l l l l l l l l l l Tchad l l l l l l l Thaïlande Togo l l l Tunisie Uganda l l l l l l l l l l l l Ukraine l l l ✳ Uruguay l l l l l l l Vietnam Zambie l l l l l l l l l Zimbabwe UPA DI lll lll lll AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 39 40 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 Member agri-agencies AFDI (Agriculteurs Français et Développement International), France Créée en 1975 par les Organisations Professionnelles Agricoles (APCA, Assemblée Permanente des Chambres d’Agriculture, CNJA Centre National des Jeunes Agriculteurs, Caisse Nationale de la Mutualité, du Crédit et de la Coopération Agricole et la FNSEA, Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d’Exploitants Agricoles), elle regroupe l’ensemble du monde agricole français autour d’une démarche: “ le partenariat entre les agriculteurs du Nord et du Sud, pour améliorer les conditions de vie des paysans des Pays en Développement (PED).” En fondant le partenariat sur l’identité commune du métier, la réciprocité et la connaissance entre partenaires, l’axe central de l’action de l’AFDI repose sur les échanges paysans: l’échange Sud-Sud, l’échange Nord-Sud, l’échange Sud-Nord. AFDI-Nationale, 11 rue de la Baume, 75008 Paris, France Tél: 00 33 (0)1 45 62 25 54, Fax: 00 33 (0)1 42 89 58 16, Email: [email protected] www.afdi-opa.org Agriterra, Netherlands Agriterra was founded in 1997 by the Dutch rural people’s organisations: LTO the Dutch Organisation of Agriculture and Horticulture representing almost 50.000 rural entrepreneurs, the Dutch foundation of rural women’s organisations (SSVO), NCR the National Cooperative Council for Agriculture and Horticulture and NAJK, the Dutch Agricultural Youth Organisation. These organisations are represented in the Board and the advisory council of Agriterra. Agriterra’s offices are in Arnhem. Its personnel presently consists of 47 persons. Agriterra cooperates with rural people’s organisations in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. Agriterra believes that rural people can play a key role in the ending of hunger and poverty in developing countries, by organising themselves in strong en representative producer organisations. Their organisations are indispensable to reach more democracy, a better income and economic development of a country. They are necessary to make a noticeable contribution to the final sprint towards the Millennium Development Goals. Agriterra supports them in reaching this goal by promoting, facilitating and supporting lasting cooperation linkages between rural people’s organisations in the Netherlands and in developing countries. Agriterra, Willemsplein 42, NL-6811 KD Arnhem, Netherlands Phone: 00 31 (0)26 44 55 445, Fax: 00 31 (0)26 44 55 978, Email: [email protected] – www.agriterra.org FERT, France Agri-agence partenaire du Groupe “Céréaliers de France” (AGPB, AGPM, ARVALIS, UNIGRAINS) FERT est une association de coopération internationale créée en 1981 à l’initiative de diverses personnalités et de responsables d’organisations professionnelles céréalières préoccupés par les problèmes agro-alimentaires des pays en développement. FERT accompagne les agriculteurs dans la création de groupements de producteurs, coopératives, caisses de crédit agricole, centres de formation … leur permettant d’accéder durablement à des services de qualité pour apporter des solutions aux problèmes qu’ils rencontrent dans l’exercice de leur métier et la défense de leurs intérêts. AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 41 FERT conduit dans onze de pays d’Amérique latine, Afrique subsaharienne, Bassin méditerranéen, Océan Indien, Europe centrale et orientale, des opérations de terrain, à caractère démonstratif, en mobilisant les professionnels français dans une démarche de solidarité, pour partager leur longue expérience d’engagement professionnel et de gestion de leurs organisations. FERT intervient dans les domaines suivants: • Services aux agriculteurs: information, formation, conseil • Financement de l’agriculture: création de systèmes d’épargne et de crédit agricole mutuels • Approvisionnement en intrants et commercialisation des produits agricoles • Organisation de filières: création de marchés, établissement de réglementations et politiques de qualité • Représentation professionnelle des agriculteurs: représentation et négociation auprès des pouvoirs publics et autres acteurs de l’environnement économique et social FERT, 5 rue Joseph et Marie Hackin, 75116 Paris, France Tél: 00 33 (0)1 44 31 16 70, Fax: 00 33 (0)1 44 31 16 74, Email: [email protected] – www.fert.fr idaca IDACA (Institute for the Development of Agricultural Cooperation), Japan The institute for the Development of Agricultural Cooperation in Asia (IDACA) was established on July 8, 1963, with funds raised among agricultural cooperatives in Japan. Ever since, with the president of the Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives (JA-ZENCHU) as its president, the Institute has trained overseas agricultural co-operators as part of its international co-operative projects and has assumed the role of a survey, research and co-operative development agency. IDACA has trained more than 3,000 participants from countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the South America. IDACA, 4771 Aihara-machi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-0211, Japan Phone: 00 81 (0)42 782 4331, Fax: 00 81 (0)42 782 4384, Email: [email protected] – www.idaca.or.jp SCC (Swedish Cooperative Center), Sweden The Swedish Cooperative Centre (SCC) is a non-governmental and non-profit organisation for the provision of support to self-help development initiatives – cooperatives, farmers´ associations and informal groups - in developing countries. Our Swedish name is Kooperation Utan Gränser (Without Boundaries). It originates from the first fund raising campaign in 1958 - by initiative of the Swedish cooperatives which led to the establishment of the SCC as a development aid organisation. The founders and present member organisations of the SCC are national federations representing all major cooperatives in Sweden and the sectors where cooperatives play a central role in Swedish society and economy. LRF, the Federation of Swedish Farmers, is an active member and Board member of SCC. Kooperation Utan Gränser /Swedish Cooperative Centre Box 30214, Franzéngatan 6, 104 25 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: 00 46 (0)8 120 371 00, Fax: 00 46 (0)8 657 85 15, Email: [email protected] – www.utangranser.se 42 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 Trias, Belgium In 2007 AgriCord accepted membership of Trias as the agri-agency of Boerenbond, the Farmers association in Flanders, replacing Ieder Voor Allen. Trias strengthens the solidarity between farmers and entrepreneurs and their organisations living in developed and developing countries. Trias cooperates with six Belgian Dutch speaking movements that have a sum total of 350.000 members. These organisations are KLJ (rural youth), KVLV (rural women) and Landelijke Gilden (rural families), Markant (entrepreneurial women) Neos (retired entrepreneurs) and UNIZO (entrepreneurs). These Flemish movements cooperate with the Trias partners in the developing world on different topics such as entrepreneurship, movement building and technical skills. Trias works in 12 countries and has 9 regional offices, three in Latin America, five in Africa and one in Asia. Trias has a staff of 84 and has a turnover of over 8 million euro. TRIAS, Handelsstraat 20 /B14, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium Phone: 00 32 (0)2 513 75 34 - Fax: 00 32 (0)2 512 05 02, Email: [email protected] – www.triasngo.be UPA DI (UPA Développement international), Canada Depuis sa création en 1993, UPA Développement international ne cesse de proposer un modèle d’intervention, simple et souple, éprouvé par des milliers de producteurs et productrices en quête d’un développement viable, efficace et respectueux du travail des gens de la terre. L’expérience de l’Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), issue de trois quarts de siècle d’histoire, témoigne de la valeur et de la pertinence de l’action collective. UPA DI a été créée au sein de l’Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) dans un contexte de libéralisation des échanges commerciaux et d’une reconnaissance de l’importance de s’épauler entre milieux agricoles du Nord et du Sud. UPA DI prévoit continuer ses interventions dans les champs de compétences suivants: La valorisation de l’agriculture paysanne. Le renforcement des capacités organisationnelles des regroupements paysans. Le renforcement technico-économique et la mise en place de mécanismes collectifs de commercialisation. La sensibilisation des membres de l’UPA aux projets de développement international. L’Union des producteurs agricoles 555, boul. Roland-Therrien, bureau 020, Longueuil (Québec) J4H 4E7, Canada Tél: 00 450 679 0540, Fax: 00 450 463 5202, Email: [email protected] – www.upa.qc.ca AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 43 Associated members CIA, Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori, Italy The Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori, CIA, is a professional farmers’ organisation, independent from political parties and from government. CIA represent farmers’ interests in Italy, in Europe and at the international level. The Confederation is represented in institutes and organisations that work in the field of food security, environmental issues, and all social, technical and economic aspects of farming in Italy. CIA organizes advisory services to farmers, and also deals with innovation, biological farming, agrotourism. CIA has special programs aimed at senior or young farmers, and at women farmers. CIA has representatives in the major international, national, regional and provincial organisms. The Confederation has been founded in the December of 1977. CIA is one of the largest European agricultural professional organisations. CIA counts more than 900.000 members, of which approximately 300.000 are agricultural entrepreneurs. CIA – Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori – Via Mariano Fortuny, 20, 00196 Rome, Italy Phone: 00 39 (0)6-32687306 Fax 00 39 (0)6-3227400 CIA – Brussels office: Rue Philippe Le Bon 46, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium Phone: 00 32 (0)2 230 20 30 Fax 00 32 (0)2 280 03 33 Email: [email protected] – ww.cia.it IFAP (International Federation of Agricultural Producers) IFAP is the world farmer organisation representing over 600 million farm families grouped in 115 national organisations in 80 countries. It is a global network in which farmers from industrialised and developing countries exchange concerns and set common priorities. IFAP advocates farmers interests at the international level since 1946 and has General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Objectives: • To Act as a platform or forum in which leaders of national farmer organisations can meet to: • highlight mutual interests and take co-ordinated action to further such interests; • develop an understanding of world problems and • exchange information, experiences and ideas. • Keep members informed about international events of concern to them as farmer organisations. • Act as a recognized spokesperson for the world’s farmers, bringing concerns of agricultural producers to the attention of international meetings of governments and other bodies. • Promote the creation and strengthening of independent, representative organisations of farmers throughout the world. The focus of IFAP’s policy work is to improve the position of farmers in a rapidly changing world-wide environment, characterized by globalization, liberalization and changes in what is expected from the agricultural sector. Through its actions to promote mutual understanding and dialogue among farmers of different countries, IFAP plays an essential role in world agriculture. IFAP – FIPA, 60, rue Saint Lazare, 75009 Paris, France Phone: 00 33 1 45 26 05 53, Fax: 00 33 1 48 74 72 12, Email: [email protected] – www.ifap.org 44 | AgriCord Activity Report 2008 MTK, Finland MTK is the rural professionals´ very own lobby. The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK) represents an industry that uses renewable natural resources in a sustainable and economical way. MTK takes care of various interests and living conditions of farmers, forest owners, rural entrepreneurs and rural people. In 2008 the Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK) had 156.000 members who are able to get in touch with a local producer association in nearly every town and munici pality. Its sister organisation, SLC, has 14.000 members and operates in Swedish-speaking areas. The member associations of both organisations work together with consumers to promote basic production and agriculture in the interests of Finnish food and employment. Finland joined the European Union on 1 January 1995. MTK, its Swedish-speaking sister organisation SLC and Pellervo (the Confederation of Finnish Cooperatives) have a joint representation in Brussels. MTK, Simonkatu 6 / PO.Box 510, 00100 Helsinki, Finland MTK Brussel Office, Rue de Tréves 61, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium Phone: 00 32 2 2854 810, Fax: 00 32 2 2854 819 – www.mtk.fi UPA, Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos, Spain As a professional farmer organisation, UPA represents and defends the interests of more than 80.000 small and medium scale family farmers and cattle breeders in Spain. UPA is part of the Economic and Social Council (CES) of Spain, where it participates and represents farmers in national and regional forums. UPA is member of COPA, is represented in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), and is member of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP). UPA has specific divisions and programmes for young farmers (UPA-Rural Youth) and women farmers (FADEMUR). The union is a reference agricultural organisation in Spain, and established working relations with all relevant Ministries: Agriculture, Fishing and Feeding, Environment, Economy, Property, Work and Social Security, etc... At sectoral level, UPA participates in multi-industry organisations and platforms. UPA is involved in transnational studies and projects, together with universities and agrarian organisations of Portugal, Italy and France. UPA has an office in Brussels, for follow-up of the EU common agricultural policy (Política Agraria Común, PAC) as well as for a better representation of the Spanish farmers in the Consultative Committees of the EU. UPA, Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos – Agustín de Betancourt, 17. 3º, 28003 Madrid (España) Phone: 00 34 91 554 18 70, Fax: 00 34 91 554 26 21 Email: [email protected] UPA, Brussels office: 11 BP 5-2, Rue de Gétry, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium Phone: 00 32 (0)2 219 18 27, Fax: 00 32 (0)2 218 38 04 Email: [email protected] – www.upa.es AgriCord Activity Report 2008 | 45 © AgriCord, May 2009. AgriCord – Minderbroedersstraat 8, 3000 Leuven, Belgium – www.agricord.org – e-mail: [email protected] phone: 0032 (0)16 24 27 50 – fax: 0032 (0)16 24 27 55 le réseau des agri-agences | the alliance of agri-agencies | la allianza de agri-agencias – Members: AFDI (France), Agriterra (Netherlands), FERT (France), IDACA (Japan), Trias (Belgium), SCC (Sweden), UPA DI (Canada)