By articulating national farmers' organisations in developing countries with researchers and consultants, the ESFIM programme will strengthen the capacities of national farmers' organisations in developing pro-active policy proposals. Proposals that will be adapted to their specific national context, but enriched with the experiences of other farmers' organisations inside and outside their country.

This ESFIM research and policy development programme focuses on successful and replicable regulatory policies and institutional arrangements that can empower smallholder farmers in markets. It will have the farmers organizations in the driving seat: for identifying research priorities and for learning and reflecting on research outputs. ESFIM will build on the outputs of other research programmes like Regoverning Markets, GFAR - LSFM, and research in the ECART Institutes.

Originator
IFAP - International Federation of Agricultural Producers

Research Partner
ECART-EEIG - European Consortium for Agricultural Research in the Tropics

The ECART memebers involved in the ESFIM research are:
Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR)
National Resources Institute (NRI)
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD)

Main Partners
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development

AGRICORD - Alliance of Agri-agencies

CTA - Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU

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