AgriCord is a network of "agri-agencies", non-governmental organisations for development cooperation with structural links to the farmers' and rural members' organisations in their home countries, including the organisations of rural women, young agrarians, cooperatives and agri-businesses.
Agri-agencies
Currently, there are 7 agri-agencies participating in AgriCord.
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FARMERS GET ORGANISED
Farmers are the world’s producers, growing the food needed for a growing global population. One of the most effective ways of increasing agricultural output - and thus raising the living standards of farmers, their families and the rural population as a whole - is to improve farming practices [...]
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Recent Evaluation
Evaluative research by the Royal Tropical Institute (2008) on the support program of AgriCord, has shed light on the lessons learnt in the support of organized farming. The research included to assess the wishes among farm leaders with regards to the type of desired support. The results underscore the agri-agencies' approach in economic development at grass root level and for investments in economic 'pilote learning by doing' activities of farmers' organisations, apart from institutional and organisational strengthening.
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