Improving Institutional Capacity:
Strengthening Farmer Organizations in the OIC Member Countries
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Figure 1: Farmer organization services and the outcomes they provide for participants in the
agricultural economy10
1.2. Types of farmer organizations
FOs are generally classified across a variety of dimensions, including by their organizational
structure, reach, membership pool, and core function
llustrates the most common criteria for grouping and examining the FO landscape.
10 This figure is based on Dalberg’s learnings from project experience in agricultural economies across Africa and Asia