Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration for Systemic Change: A New Approach to Strengthening Farmer Support Systems (Guide and Scorecard)

Published on February 10, 2022

The document, which also includes a practical Diagnosis Scorecard, provides guidance to sustainable commodity production practitioners from government, civil society and private sector on how to collaboratively assess and strengthen farmer support systems in order to achieve the broader goal of improving livelihoods and protecting vulnerable ecosystems. It is intended to facilitate multi-stakeholder and joint diagnosis, investigation and agreement on systemic solutions to strengthening existing farmer support systems and to support the elaboration of a collective vision, strategy and implementation plans for strengthened national and sub-national farmer support systems.

This guidance aims to stimulate and guide governments to develop new partnerships, encourage innovation and strengthen the financing for farmer support systems for sustainable commodity production. This will strengthen the enabling environment which in turn will enhance, empower and connect a wide range of farmer training projects delivered by a multitude of disconnected service providers.