Farmers' Organizations supported to implement development plans

Sixty (60) farmers from eight (8) Farmers' Organizations (FOs) in six (6) Regions of Guyana were supported to build functional and operational capacities to improve the quality of services they provide.   

This exercise was the continuation of a Food and Agriculture Organization of Guyana (FAO) project, following a National Learning Route under the theme "Come up in the Value Chain." During the first exercise, each organization was tasked with developing a short-term Innovation Plan to enable them to increase their associative and entrepreneurial capacities.  

To support the implementation of these innovative plans, FAO and Procasur convened a nine (9) day technical mission to connect the Innovation Plans with a medium-term Organizational Development Plan that will receive technical and financial support from the Farmers' Organizations for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (FO4ACP) programme.  

These development plans, which have been individually tailored based on each organisation's unique circumstance, geography, and needs, will focus on a number of areas, including business development, marketing, good governance practices, and production enhancements.   

The FOs who benefited from this exercise were the Central Mahaicony Perth Village Farmers Association in Region 5; West Berbice Sheep and Goat Farmers Association in Region 5; Pomeroon Beekeepers Association in Region 2; Pomeroon Export Producers Association in Region 2; Gibraltar/Fyrish Farmers Association in Region 6; Mocha Arcadia Multipurpose Agriculture Cooperative in Region 4; Medicine from Trees in Region 9 and Blue Flame Women's Group in Region 1. 

The FO4ACP project is funded by the European Commission through The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and is implemented across Regional Latin America and seven Caribbean countries, including Guyana.