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Effective service provision for improved agricultural production and agribusiness Chipata District Women Development Association (CDWDA) was formed in 1991 and was registered under registrar of societies in 1993 on 10th August. The Vision for the organisation is “Economically  socially  Politically and legally empowered rural women and youth to participate fully in development.”Chipata DWDA has bottom up structure which starts at a village level with Individuals forming a group led by women  these groups with the same Objectives formed Area Women Development Associations which form Chipata DWDA.The Organization has 10 Area Women Development Associations which has 249 Groups with a total membership of 4 052 individual farmers where 3 305 are women while 747 are male who participate in Decision making  monitoring  planning and implementation of the Organization’s programs. The aim of the organization is to reduce poverty and vulnerability levels among rural women and youth and enhance improved livelihoods and empowerment programmes. 
BHAG: A financially self-sustaining organisation  providing quality services to 4 052 members generated through agribusiness  focusing on improved crop production and productivity  improved marketing and a running a profitable agribusiness.Through effective service provision using lead farmers this BHAG will be achieved. Support is needed in governance  financial management  services provision and business development. A financially self-sustaining organisation  providing quality services to 4 052 members generated through agribusiness  focusing on improved crop production and productivity  improved marketing and a running a profitable agribusiness.Through effective service provision using lead farmers this BHAG will be achieved. Support is needed in governance  financial management  services provision and business development. Conduct governance and financial management training
Conduct Value chain analysis
Improve the strategic plan
Governance and leadership - Africa Governance and leadership are the heart and motor of cooperatives. That is why Agriterra developed several products and trainings on this topic:
  
•       Cooperative Governance training
  
•       Supervisory board training
  
•       Member commitment
  
•       Gender  female leadership
  
•       Youth
  
•       HR management Strengthened governance and leadership of farmer organisations and cooperatives in East Africa Strengthened governance and leadership of farmer organisations and cooperatives in East Africa
Farmers-Focused Transformation Burundi In 2021, Agriterra entered into a ten-year (2021-2030) strategic partnership with the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands, officially titled “New Decade for Cooperative Agribusiness Development”. 
In this new programme – by Agriterra called Farmer-Focused Transformation (FFT) – Agriterra concentrates on its core business of strengthening farmers’ organisations and cooperatives and increasing access to finance by (organised) smallholder farmers. Agriterra's core business aligns with the DGIS objectives of ensuring Dutch knowledge and expertise worldwide to achieve the SDGs and to take advantage of new business opportunities, since the Netherlands can make a difference in agriculture for developing countries thanks to the outstanding Dutch position in this sector.
As such, Agriterra strives for interventions with long-term perspectives that contribute to the development of a modern, vital agricultural sector which is both economically viable and socially just. This can only be achieved through concrete intermediate results in terms of job creation, mobilizing finance and increasing productivity.
Agriterra’s services will maintain a focus on strengthening farmers organisations via three-tracks: farmer-led business, sustainable services and farmer lobby and advocacy. While implementing these three trajectories, Agriterra mainstreams the cross-cutting issues of: gender, youth, and climate.
At the beginning of the FFT programme, FFT operations were carried out in 19 countries. From 2022 onwards, the FFT programme focuses exclusively on 12 countries spread through 4 regions (West-Africa, East-Africa, Great Lakes and South-East Asia). The 12 focus countries for FFT include: Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, DR Congo, Uganda, Philippines, Indonesia & Vietnam. The FFT programme focuses on generating evidence-based outcomes for Farmer 
Organisations via quantifiable KPIs that require systematic tracking and reporting. 
The overall evidence-based goals envisioned for FFT in its first five years (2021-2025) are:
• Goal 1: Support one million farmers through 320 farmers’ organisations. 
• Goal 2: 50 million euro mobilised because of lobby and advocacy proposals. 
• Goal 3: 60 million euro mobilised with 70 FOs linked to financial institutions. 
• Goal 4: 30 new farmer-led enterprises that improve farmers’ access to markets 
and Agri services. 
• Goal 5: 10,000 direct jobs supported. 
• Goal 6: 30,000 people trained (9,000 women and 4,500 youth), with 50 female 
leadership training courses, 30 youth councils and 20 women’s councils. Farmers Organisations and Cooperatives
Member Farmers
Trainings  Events and Exchange Projects in Tanzania 2020 Different Agriterra clients will partake in events and exchanges for 2020Some of this trainings events or exchanges are: Basic marketing  Basic financial management  Governance  FACT etc. This is expected to develop the cooperative business and make them professional partners. This trainings/events/exchanges take place combining more than one cooperative  thus to properly plan  execute and follow up  this project is created. 1.  Basic financial management 3 trainings2.  FACT  1 training3. Follow up Governance  1 training4. Follow up youth workshop5. Youth master class6. 4 Exchanges visit7. feasibility study 2 clients8. Kick off Youth event9. 2 Cooperative Governance10. female leadership training11. follow up FLT 20 cooperatives will be engaged in the above trainings and events. The number of participants will be more than 60 from the management and board
Reinicio de actividades de la planta COOPECAN PERU es una cooperativa de pequeños productores alpaqueros con socios en las regiones de Cusco  Ayacucho  Arequipa y Apurímac. Los actuales socios de la cooperativa son personas jurídicas y personas naturales  quienes acopian su fibra para transformarla y venderla a través de la cooperativa  además  reciben servicios de parte de ésta. En el año 2015  Coopecan certificó sus procesos con el Certificado ISO 9001 – 2008  con lo cual cuentan con protocolos para todos los procesos. También cuentan con certificado de Responsabilidad Social y Fair Choice  con lo que acreditan que se da el correcto trato a los colaboradores y a los socios. También han certificado su laboratorio  para certificar nuestros lotes y los productos que comercializan. La cooperación con Agriterra inició en el año 2011  después de haber pasado con éxito las etapas del scoping y el análisis organizativo-empresarial. 1. Contar con certificado de Defensa Civil y Licencia de Funcionamiento 2. Reinicio de actividades de planta3. Implementacion y seguimiento a los protocolos COVID194. Implementación de sistema contra incendio 1. Obtención de certificado de Defensa Civil y Licencia de Funcionamiento de nueva planta de COOPECAN2. Elaboración de protocolo de seguridad para reinicio de actividades de planta3. Personal de salud según protocolos COVID194. Diseño e implementación de sistema contra incendio de planta industrial
Increasing commodity marketing for financial sustainability of the cooperative Chemakapenje cooperative will execute this project by focusing on different issues like stated below:Sourcing markets for its members to sell their farm produce (collective marketing) i.e. soya beans  sunflower  beans  maize and groundnutsAggregating farm produce for selling to off-takersStorage of farm produceSupplying inputs through loans (out-grower scheme)Buying and selling of farm produce. The goal of the cooperative is to:To increase membership from 523 to 1 000To boost up capital to K11 000 000To conduct collective marketing for their members produceTo open a selling point at their warehouse and be selling farm inputs (Agro-dealership) The project plan for 2020 will focus on improving the financial management (basic record keeping) and governance system of the cooperative. They will also be helped in conducting external audits and development of a strategic plan
Farmers-Focused Transformation Ivory Coast In 2021, Agriterra entered into a ten-year (2021-2030) strategic partnership with the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands, officially titled “New Decade for Cooperative Agribusiness Development”. 
In this new programme – by Agriterra called Farmer-Focused Transformation (FFT) – Agriterra concentrates on its core business of strengthening farmers’ organisations and cooperatives and increasing access to finance by (organised) smallholder farmers. Agriterra's core business aligns with the DGIS objectives of ensuring Dutch knowledge and expertise worldwide to achieve the SDGs and to take advantage of new business opportunities, since the Netherlands can make a difference in agriculture for developing countries thanks to the outstanding Dutch position in this sector.
As such, Agriterra strives for interventions with long-term perspectives that contribute to the development of a modern, vital agricultural sector which is both economically viable and socially just. This can only be achieved through concrete intermediate results in terms of job creation, mobilizing finance and increasing productivity.
Agriterra’s services will maintain a focus on strengthening farmers organisations via three-tracks: farmer-led business, sustainable services and farmer lobby and advocacy. While implementing these three trajectories, Agriterra mainstreams the cross-cutting issues of: gender, youth, and climate.
At the beginning of the FFT programme, FFT operations were carried out in 19 countries. From 2022 onwards, the FFT programme focuses exclusively on 12 countries spread through 4 regions (West-Africa, East-Africa, Great Lakes and South-East Asia). The 12 focus countries for FFT include: Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, DR Congo, Uganda, Philippines, Indonesia & Vietnam. The FFT programme focuses on generating evidence-based outcomes for Farmer 
Organisations via quantifiable KPIs that require systematic tracking and reporting. 
The overall evidence-based goals envisioned for FFT in its first five years (2021-2025) are:
• Goal 1: Support one million farmers through 320 farmers’ organisations. 
• Goal 2: 50 million euro mobilised because of lobby and advocacy proposals. 
• Goal 3: 60 million euro mobilised with 70 FOs linked to financial institutions. 
• Goal 4: 30 new farmer-led enterprises that improve farmers’ access to markets 
and Agri services. 
• Goal 5: 10,000 direct jobs supported. 
• Goal 6: 30,000 people trained (9,000 women and 4,500 youth), with 50 female 
leadership training courses, 30 youth councils and 20 women’s councils. Farmer Organisations and Cooperatives
Training and events Kenya in 2020 Project to register all trainings and events in Kenya that involve more than one clients at the time or are internal trainings. Some of these training  events or exchanges are Exchange visit  Financial management  Governance amp; leadership  and Business development. 3 Exchange visit10 Financial management11 Governance amp; leadership7 Business development. The plan is to have 3 exchange visits  4 Basic financial management trainings  6Record keeping workshops  3 Cooperative governance programmes  3 Managing your agriculture cooperative My.Coops  2 Female leadership trainings  2 Kick off youth participation workshops  1 masterclass  female leadership training  and 7 Sustainable services workshops.
Better business through improved milk production and marketing The core focus for Ndumberi is to increase milk volumes from 13 000kg/day back to 18 000 kg/day and invest in a batch pasteurizer that will result to an increase from 1000kg to 3000kg per batch produced. Further  subsequently increase average sales from 4 200 litres to 8 000 litres per day in 2017. Increase milk volumes from 13 000kg/day to 18 000 kg/day per day in 2017
Increase average sales from 4 200 litres to 8 000 litres per day in 2017.
Increased milk volumes <p>The main challenge for Mumberes is to increase milk intake. In 2014  Mumberes showed a considerable increase in milk intake. For 2015  Mumberes registered an average of 9 350L/day. This is similar to an average 9 325L/day recorded in 2014. This means the target of 2 000L was not met! Even though  they were able to register a new record 13 500L/day  the challenge has consistently been maintaining seasonal fluctuations. This is the main focus for 2016.</p>

<p>Goals for 2016 therefore are:<br>1. Increase Milk production from 10 000L to 15 000L <br>2. Professionalise governance in particular the youth council and get more young farmers into dairy farming in 2016 </p>

<p>The increased milk volumes must lead to better prices paid to members.</p> <p>1. Increase Milk production from 10 000L to 15 000L <br>2. Professionalize youth council and get 40 young farmers into dairy farming in 2016</p> <p>Activities as jointly identified with Mumberes for action plan 2016:</p>

<p>Increase Production <br>- Employ 3rd extension officer <br>- Train at least 1 000 members and reactivate the dormant members of the cooperative society; 80 farmers per month<br>- Motivate farmers especially the modern farmers by organization of several field days  exchange visits (work with a calendar)<br>- Conduct trainings on animal husbandry and specifically on Artificial insemination (AI)<br>- Procure a silage making machine to be owned by the cooperative society and be leased to members </p>

<p>Demo on hay production on 10 acre rented land.<br>- Develop a project timeline schedule and closely monitor progress of the demo farm.<br> <br>Performance management<br>- Review Strategic Plan. <br>- Train the strategic plan monitoring and implementation committee and board which will comprise of 3-5 members <br>Further strengthen the youth council <br>- Train more youth on need to join youth council and dairy farming (topics; Sustainable dairy farming  Role of youth council/governance)<br>- Elaborate by-laws governing the youth council.<br>- Conduct a monthly headcount program on youths joining dairy farming.<br>Further optimise evening collection (logistics)<br>- Intensify evening milk collection routes <br>- Monthly Follow up on recommendations based on Financial Health Check <br>- Build capacity of local ICT officer to handle system administration management <br>- To procure a system that is able to track milk and give real time report to the office <br>Improve operations and capacity of the 2 milk bars </p>

<p>Mission on professionalising the youth council</p>
Rolling out FACT in Vietnam Viet Nam Farmers’ Union (VNFU) was established on October 14  1930. The Union is the organization that gathers  encourages  educates its members to bring into full play their initiatives  actively learn to improve their all facet capacityrepresent  care and defend the legitimate rights and interests of membersorganize activities to provide services  advice  support for member to improve production  business and living conditions.VNFU is organized at 4 official levels: national  provincial  district and commune level. 
The proposal is rolling out the FACT training and enhancing the farmer parcipation on policy advocacy and development programs in 7 provinces. Under the project framework  it will help to effectively realize the Decision number 673 by the Prime Minister to demand more sustainable local authority’s budget to the FU’s activities and Supporting Fund for Farmers  establishement of Centers for Vocational Training and Supporting Farmers as well as to expand the FACT approach in the VNFU system  particularly at district and commune level. 
Goal is to make VNFU’s policy advocacy stronger and more influential  social monitoring and feedback better implemented  thus contributing to creating favourable conditions for farmers to develop their products and business. Roll-out FACT in 7 provinces and extract 1 mln euro in public funds for FUs This proposal results in 2016 in:-4 coaching missions (2 beginning of year/2 end of year) to the trained Farm leaders and trainers in using FACT in their own province.-1 FACT Masters Training for 20 best FACT trainers -consultation with members in 7 provinces-conducting participatory research in 7 provinces-developing policy plans in 7 provinces- lobby the provincial  district and/or commune governments in 7 provinces
This should result in:-More influence on lower levels of Farmers Unions on government policy -Retrieving public funds for FUs goals and ideas
Results 2017
FACT has been rolled out to 9 provinces in 2017 (total up to 26)  leading to total grant and loan mobilized of 2 2 million Euro
Plan 2018
VNFU will start FACT in 3 new provinces and continue roll-out in already trained areas. Agriterra will use FACT trainers from VNFU for other clients. And VNFU is aiming to integrate FACT in their 5 year strategic plan which will be defined at the end of 2018. for this a high-level workshop will be organised with a big group of provincial leaders in Hanoi.
Acting Now Ethiopia Africa is currently facing severe food insecurity, with low agricultural productivity being one of the root causes. Factors such as limited access to quality inputs, inadequate extension services, lack of finance, and post-harvest handling issues contribute to low agricultural productivity. Food insecurity is exacerbated by economic, political and demographic shocks, including the war in Ukraine, which has caused rising food and energy prices and lower yields in 2022. Climate change further intensifies food insecurity, with extreme weather events such as droughts and floods impacting crop and livestock production and access to markets. Conflict and insecurity are also major drivers of acute food security issues, leading to population displacement and disrupted livelihoods, depriving people of income sources. Action is needed to relieve acute food insecurity, whilst at the same time structurally transforming food systems. Farmers’ Organisations and its member farmers play a critical role in obtaining this, as they contribute not only to food production, but also to sustained economic growth and climate change mitigation. The Acting Now for Food Security and Resilient Food Systems programme, with funding from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (specifically IGG), builds upon its existing strategic partnership with DDE by reinforcing and expanding its efforts on food security, contributing to a more measurable impact on SGD 2 (Zero Hunger). It contributes to improved food and nutrition security (FNS) at the individual farmer level and fosters systemic change in the food system through a total of 82 Farmer Organisations in Burkina Faso, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda. As per Agriterra’s core business, Acting Now will work with and through Farmers’ Organisations and cooperatives to build resilient food systems and to make a sustainable change in the lives of smallholder farmers and their communities. Key Activities Acting Now aims to boost productivity, improving incomes and sustainable land management practices through the following key activities: - Trainings and peer-to-peer activities on FNS related topics, such as Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), Regenerative Agriculture, productivity increase at specific value chains and production of compost and bio-inputs. - Establishment of demo plots to promote and train farmers on new or improved farming practices and technologies. - Offering sustainable services through a tailored approach per country that ensures access to seeds, fertilisers, planting material, agri-inputs and extension services. - Strengthening extension services by co-financing the salary of extension officers and agronomists at the FO through Agriterra’s Jobs Jobs Jobs approach - Co-financing investments and innovations to boost agricultural productivity and food security. Placeholder text Farmer Organisations and its member farmers
Increasing member commitment and production capacity UCORIBU is an aggregator of rice of 10 affiliated cooperatives in the Southern province of Rwanda. It has a joint venture with the Australian company Intercity Millers (ICM). In 2006-2007 the government offered to privatize its rice factory and UCORIBU mobilized its members to gather the required capital of 100 000 000 RWF. 53 000 000 RWF was mobilized by a limited amount of members  who got 40% of the shares in their name. ICM acquired 60%. The remaining 47 000 000 RWF was payed of in the following years with the revenues of the factory. The Union therefor as 2 speeds: it represents 13 000 members through 10 cooperatives who benefit from the joint   venture as their buyer and through annual bonuses. The other group are the members that have invested directly in the joint venture in 2006-2007  when the value of one share was 18 000 RWF. People could however also invest smaller amounts  which had direct consequences for their dividends.
UCORIBU is active in rice collection  bulking  processing  briquette production  rice flour and animal feed. The Union hence provides quality seeds to the cooperatives and provides guarantees to farmers looking to access fertilizers on credit. Agriterra is working with UCORIBU on increasing member commitment by organizing visits of farmers to the factory  improving financial transparency and organizing coaching activities to increase rice production. Agriterra will support UCORIBU in creating a new marketing strategy using the value creator module  a new strategic plan will be developped and we will work on improving financial management and governance.