GAIN methodology : diagnosis and design of change processes within producer organizations / by Aziz Elbehri, Maria Lee, Carina Hirsch, Marwan Benali.

GAIN methodology : diagnosis and design of change processes within producer organizations / by Aziz Elbehri, Maria Lee, Carina Hirsch, Marwan Benali.

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Author / Creator:	Elbehri, Aziz.
Imprint:	Rome : Economic and Social Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013
Description:	x, 100 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Agriculture, Cooperative -- Developing countries. Farmers -- Burkina Faso -- Societies, etc. Farmers -- Cameroon -- Societies, etc. Farmers -- Mali -- Societies, etc. Agriculture -- Burkina Faso -- Societies, etc. Agriculture -- Cameroon -- Societies, etc. Agriculture -- Mali -- Societies, etc. Non-governmental organizations -- Developing countries. Agriculture -- Societies, etc. Farmers -- Societies, etc. Non-governmental organizations. Burkina Faso. Cameroon. Developing countries. Mali.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9289189

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Other authors / contributors:	Lee, Maria. Hirsch, Carina. Benali, Marwan. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Economic and Social Development Department.
ISBN:	9251074151 9789251074152
Notes:	"I3127E/1/11.12"--Page 4 of cover.
Summary:	"Constraints faced by smallholders--be they women or men--in accessing markets and improving their revenues are well known and easy to enumerate. Finding workable solutions to these constraints remain a challenge. The situation is very similar in many developing countries, particularly in Africa. A major obstacle to achieving agricultural development and inclusive value chains is the lack of effective and self-reliant producer organizations. In West and Central Africa, most farmer organizations are structurally weak, lack good governance and the endogenous capacity to be self-reliant and sustainably deliver the economic services required by their members. In most cases, these organizations remain too dependent on external support that often lacks safeguards to ensure long term sustainability"--FAO website.

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Summary:	Achieving efficient, sustainable and smallholder-inclusive staple food systems often require strong, credible, and economically effective producer organisations. In much of Africa, and particularly in West and Central region, this objective remains a great challenge for the majority of small farmers, as existing producer organisations often suffer from weak structures, inadequate governance, and limited internal capacity to provide economic services for their members, engage credibly with economic and institutional partners, or influence policies for effective smallholder market integration.<br> <br> This report describes a new methodology called GAIN (Governance - Autonomy-Integration-Needs based) developed by FAO to provide an effective diagnostic tool for designing and inducing an endogenous change within farmers organisations, and placing them on a path of economic autonomy, self-reliance, and enhanced market insertion. GAIN follows a participatory and iterative approach, combining an internal diagnosis of the organisation with an analysis of the immediate economic and institutional environment in order to identify and leverage new options for economic partnerships, capacity development, and market and business opportunities. One of the outcomes of GAIN is a roadmap for the organisation towards a gradual economic empowerment, enhanced ability to provide economic services for its members, and play a more active role in the local rural economy.<br> <br> The report describes the GAIN methodology and presents a detailed account of its application in three case studies involving actual producer organisations from Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Mali.
Item Description:	"I3127E/1/11.12"--Page 4 of cover.
Physical Description:	x, 100 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN:	9251074151 9789251074152