Farming Mattters | 28.3 | September 2012
This issue of Farming Matters pays special attention to farmers’ organisations. In what different ways do farmers organise? What problems exist in farmers’ organisations and how are these dealt with?
Farmers’ organisations can play important roles in developing supply management schemes and various income insurance programmes. Farmers can learn from each other, about production, marketing, rights, etc., and join a platform to learn about others’ experiences.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial – Against the grain by Edith van Walsum
Farmer organisations are challenging us! by Yves Matthijs
Women, families and communities in Aceh by Gavin Tinning
Opinion: Beyond value chains by Christian Gouët
Managing biodiversity – Nepal’s BCDCs by Pitambar Shrestha, Pashupati Chaudhary
“Nothing about us without us!” : The strength of farmer organisations by Jur Schuurman, Ninoska González Herrera
Opinion: A stock of social capital by Thomas Mupetesi
Co-operatives in Sri Lanka: Improving a successful model by Arulanandam Vakeesan
Opinion: What we need is to end hunger by Eric Holt-Giménez