This report comprises 13 case stories produced through the Experience Capitalization project implemented by CTA in different parts of the world. These cases are from farmer organisations working in East Africa: the Uganda National Farmers Federation, the Kenya National Farmers Federation, the...
23-07-2015 In EDN 127, Dick Tinsley and David Headley appear to offer somewhat contradictory visions regarding the value of farmers’ co-operatives. When such contradictory advice appears, it often points to an area of underappreciated complexity. Thus, rather than throw our hands up in frustration, we...
30-04-2015 This article will focus on the benefits of co-ops operating by and for small-scale farmers in rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. The most basic definition of a co-op is local farmers pooling their resources to improve the means of acquiring products essential to farming, as well as...