TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elbehri, Aziz,
AU  - Lee, Maria,
AU  - Hirsch, Carina,
AU  - Benali, Marwan,
ED  - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
TI  - GAIN methodology: diagnosis and design of change processes within producer organizations / by Aziz Elbehri, Maria Lee, Carina Hirsch, Marwan Benali
SN  - 9251074151
U1  - FAO GAI 2013 C132 Or. 
KW  - Farmers
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Non-governmental organizations
N1  - "I3127E/1/11.12"--page 4 of cover
N2  - "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
ER  -