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Mercados Campesinos (Central Region of Colombia)Direct marketing and short-supply-chain process that brings food from peasant farmers in Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Tolima and Meta to Bogotá, eliminating intermediaries and paying a fair price. It was born in 2004 with ILSA and Oxfam, and is coordinated with the SDDE and the Peasant and Communal Dialogue Committee (CICC). It combines sales in public squares with political advocacy for food sovereignty and security.PlaN A - National Agroecology Plan (AGROSAVIA)R&D&I initiative led by AGROSAVIA with the MADR to implement agroecological technologies and generate participatory knowledge in prioritized peasant territories and peasant reserve zones. In its first phase it worked on biofactories of biopreparations, composting, beekeeping, soil fertility, coffee post-harvest processing and crop-livestock integration in 14 departments. It is one of 14 projects under the MADR's Meta 25.Kudumbashree collective (group) farming by womenWomen's collective farming program under Kudumbashree, the Government of Kerala's poverty eradication mission. Joint liability groups (JLGs) of women, many landless, lease and farm land in common, accessing credit, inputs and markets collectively. Around 61,836 JLGs and ~280,000 women farm approx. 38,706 hectares. Bina Agarwal's research showed they significantly outperform the net returns of individual farms.Deccan Development Society women's sanghams (millet agrobiodiversity)Biodiverse dryland farming movement led by Dalit and Indigenous women's sanghams in Zaheerabad, Telangana. Since 1983 they have recovered and grown traditional millets and dryland crops, with a Community Grain Fund, a community seed bank, community media and their own millet market. Recognized with UNDP's Equator Prize 2019 and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation award (2020).SEWA women farmers' cluster farming (Gujarat)SEWA cluster farming initiative for small and marginal women farmers in Gujarat. Women farmers group together to increase their bargaining power, buy inputs collectively, access markets and add value. In a cluster of 100 potato farmers, solar cold storage (10 MT) and machinery to produce potato chips were installed, allowing them to sell at the optimal time (INR 14/kg instead of 7/kg) and raise gross margins from 50% to 75%.One Acre Fund Kenya (Tupande)Bundled agricultural program that provides smallholder farmers with in-kind credit (seed and inputs), agronomic training from field officers, input delivery close to the farm, and market and post-harvest tools, with flexible repayment. It operates in western Kenya under the local brand Tupande. It jointly tackles credit, information and risk constraints.
Evidence 2
Sustainable intensification in African agricultureTaylor & Francis (International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 9(1), 5-24) · 2011 · paperdocumentAgroecologically efficient agricultural systems for smallholder farmers: contributions to food sovereigntySpringer (Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 32(1), 1-13; publicado online 2011) · 2012 · paperdocument