Category Archives: Publication

Co-active research for solu­tions approach to pro­vide tech­ni­cal support/coaching to a group of far­mers to improve their agri­cul­tu­ral prac­tices and pro­duc­tion Impro­ving agri­cul­tu­ral pro­duc­ti­vi­ty and incomes conti­nue to be a com­plex chal­lenge as far­mers face many dif­fi­cul­ties such as lack of access to bet­ter seeds ; lack of capi­tal to buy bet­ter qua­li­ty organic/inorganic fer­ti­li­zers ; the lack of […]

Metho­do­lo­gi­cal Fra­me­work for Par­ti­ci­pa­to­ry Action Research This col­lec­tion of metho­do­lo­gi­cal sheets pre­sents a coherent and ope­ra­tio­nal fra­me­work for imple­men­ting Par­ti­ci­pa­to­ry Action Research (PAR) in agri­cul­tu­ral and rural deve­lop­ment contexts. It is inten­ded for faci­li­ta­tors, tech­ni­cians, resear­chers, and far­mer orga­ni­sa­tions enga­ged in pro­cesses that aim to streng­then far­mers’ capa­ci­ty to ana­lyse their situa­tions, expe­riment, learn col­lec­ti­ve­ly, and […]

The need to improve OP’s ser­vices to sup­port bet­ter fami­ly far­ming to face the nume­rous chal­lenges for its sus­tai­nable deve­lop­ment Dif­fif­fi­cul­ties in increa­sing agri­cul­tu­ral pro­duc­ti­vi­ty are well known to the deve­lop­ment com­mu­ni­ty, des­pite being com­plex and high­ly variable across nations. These dif­fi­cul­ties include, among others, poor access to bet­ter seeds and plan­ting mate­rials, poor soil […]

Why should a coope­ra­tive imple­ment an SCD Pro­cess ? Imple­men­ting the SCD pro­cess is a stra­te­gic move to make your coope­ra­tive more efff­fec­tive and essen­tial to your mem­bers. It helps you shift from sim­ply offe­ring ser­vices to co-crea­­ting solu­tions that solve the real-world chal­lenges your far­mers face eve­ry day.

What is the “Social Construc­tion of Demand” approach ? The Social Construc­tion of Demand (SCD) approach is a metho­do­lo­gi­cal fra­me­work that can be applied to streng­then agri­cul­tu­ral coope­ra­tives by hel­ping them bet­ter unders­tand the diverse needs of their far­mer mem­bers and, in turn, deve­lop more effec­tive and res­pon­sive sup­port ser­vices. It moves away from pro­po­sing stan­dar­di­sed, “rea­­dy-made” […]

CSA’s inter­ven­tion under the Min­PAD – SPADe RISE pro­ject is groun­ded in a core prin­ciple : rege­ne­ra­tive agri­cul­ture ser­vices must respond to far­mers’ real prio­ri­ties and constraints, rather than intro­duce pre-defi­­ned tech­ni­cal solu­tions. To ensure this, the pro­ject fol­lo­wed a pro­gres­sive and inter­con­nec­ted tra­jec­to­ry, star­ting with demand iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and culmi­na­ting in ope­ra­tio­nal coope­ra­tive ser­vices sup­por­ted by lear­ning, qua­li­ty control, and […]

The Alliance of Coope­ra­tives Against Hun­ger and Pover­ty (ACAHP) is a coope­­ra­­tive-led alliance esta­bli­shed in 2024, brin­ging toge­ther far­­mer-owned coope­ra­tives, coope­ra­tive fede­ra­tions, and part­ners to streng­then the role of coope­ra­tives in public food pro­cu­re­ment in the Phi­lip­pines. ACAHP’s pur­pose is to link local coope­ra­tive pro­duc­tion with public food pro­grammes, so that nutri­tious food reaches vul­ne­rable popu­la­tions […]