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Strengthening Farmer Organizations in the OIC Member Countries
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most recently by SPI’s advocacy for farmers in the court system in regards to the 2007
Indonesian Investment Law84 This advocacy was, in the eyes of the SPI, driven by strong links
with other civil society organizations such as labor unions, as well as with the academic
community, and was a product of their willingness proactively engage with the court system
(the SPI maintains its own Department of Law and Politics to aid in this effort)85. Second, the
KPA and SPI have proven their ability to continually improve their product offering by tapping
strong alliances with service providers across the entire value chain. However, they readily
acknowledge they need to provide more holistic input, credit, logistics, warehousing and
storage, and marketing services to their members. Their strengths in resource mobilization
and advocacy should help them with this move, although it may not be enough to overcome the
effect of trade liberalization on government support resources.
84 Fathoni, Yudha, “Challenging the constitutionality of Indonesia’s Investment Law”, SPI Dept of Law & Politics, 2014
85 Ibid.