Menu


09fh-5376 - ESFIM: Agricultural Commodity Exchange System (ACES) for the Philippines

In 2008 the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) started the Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Markets (ESFIM) project, in collaboration with the European Consortium of Agricultural Research in Tropics (ECART) The goal of the ESFIM research programme is to strengthen the capacities of national farmers’ organisations in developing countries to empower their smallholder members in markets, creating an enabling policy and regulatory environment as well as effective economic organisations and reinforcing the farmer led participatory policy formulation process of IFAP network. For the Philippines the national research priorities formulated during the workshop are: • Improving price formation mechanism and transparency through the establishment of an Agricultural Commodity Exchange System (ACES). • Taking stock and in depth assessment of past marketing program launched by the National Food Authority – focus on impact on smallholder capacity in benefiting from these programs

View on Agro-Info.net