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List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................. iii List of Tables ............................................................................................................................................. iii List of Abbreviations............................................................................................................................................ iv Executive Summary ...............................................................................................................................................1 Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................5 1. Definition and Situational Overview of Farmer Organizations: Conceptual Framework .....7 1.1. Background and Definition of Farmer Organizations............................................................................ 7 1.2. Types of farmer organizations......................................................................................................................... 8 1.2.1. Supply Organizations ............................................................................................................................................... 9 1.2.2. Marketing Organizations......................................................................................................................................10 1.3. The role of FOs in Farm Productivity and Income Improvement ................................................. 10 1.3.1. Inputs and Production...........................................................................................................................................11 1.3.2. Trading..........................................................................................................................................................................11 1.3.3. Processing and Retail & Consumption...........................................................................................................12 1.4. Common Capacity Challenges Faced by Farmer Organizations ..................................................... 12 2. Farmer Organizations in OIC Member Countries ..............................................................................15 2.1. Overview of Farmer Organization and Policy Environment in the OIC...................................... 15 2.1.1. Introduction and Methodology .........................................................................................................................15 2.1.2. Enabling Environment and Farmer Organization Penetration .........................................................16 2.1.3. Market structure.......................................................................................................................................................24 2.1.4. Main conclusions......................................................................................................................................................27 2.2. Public Policy on farmer organizations in OIC member countries ................................................. 27 2.2.1. Examples of recent policies enacted in support of FOs in OIC member countries...................28 2.2.2. Actions by intra-OIC bodies in support of Farmer Organizations....................................................33 2.2.3. Pro-Farmer Organization finance in OIC Member Countries .............................................................34 3. Case Studies of Farmer Organizations Across OIC Member Countries ......................................37 3.1. Uganda: Kitenge Agali Awamu Coffee Company, Member of the Ugandan Coffee Farmers Alliance (UCFA).................................................................................................................................................... 38 3.1.1. Performance of Kitenge DC .................................................................................................................................39 3.1.2. Policy environment.................................................................................................................................................41 3.1.3. Conclusions and lessons learned......................................................................................................................42 3.2. Senegal: Cadre de Concertation des Producteurs d’Arachide (CCPA)......................................... 43 3.2.1. Performance of the CCPA .....................................................................................................................................44 3.2.2. Policy environment.................................................................................................................................................45 3.2.3. Conclusion and Lessons learned.......................................................................................................................46 3.3. Morocco: Tighanimine Filahia Argan Oil Co-operative...................................................................... 46 3.3.1. Performance of the Tighanimine Filahia Argan Oil Co-operative.....................................................48 3.3.2. Policy environment.................................................................................................................................................49 3.3.3. Conclusion and lessons learned........................................................................................................................50 3.4. Indonesia: Indonesian Peasants’ Union (SPI) and Consortium for Agrarian Reform (KPA) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 50 3.4.1. The SPI...........................................................................................................................................................................51 3.4.2. The KPA ........................................................................................................................................................................53 3.4.3. Policy environment for both organizations ................................................................................................56 3.4.4. Conclusion and lessons learned........................................................................................................................57 4. Recent Trends in Strengthening Farmer Organizations at a Global Level ...............................59 4.1. Basic principles for strong farmer organizations................................................................................. 59 4.2. Examples of Development Actors Working to Strengthen FOs, and Their Strategies ......... 61 4.2.1. Overall strategies .....................................................................................................................................................61 4.2.2. Actors working to strengthen FOs and their activities..........................................................................63 4.3. Examples of successful institutional frameworks................................................................................ 67 4.3.1. At an FO level: Respecting core legal principles for strong farmer organizations ...................67 4.3.2. At a national level: Adopting a guiding framework for the promotion of cooperatives........68