Strong rural organizations like producer groups and cooperatives are crucial to hunger and poverty reduction. They allow small producers to play a greater role in meeting growing food demand on local, national and international markets, while improving their own economic, social and political opportunities. This thinking connects a series of case studies found in a new publication by the FAO and the IFAD. The publication, Good practices in building innovative rural institutions to increase food security, presents thirty-five cases of successful institutional innovations that have empowered small-scale producers, and contributed to food security in different regions in the world.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/good-practices-building-innovative-rural-institutions-increase-food-security
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/denis-herbel
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/eve-crowley
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nora-ourabah-haddad
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/fao
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-prices
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/contract-farming
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ngo
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cooperatives
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-development