The Farmer Field and Business School (FFBS), an approach originally developed under CARE’s Pathways to Empowerment program, focuses on improving rural, small-scale women farmers’ productivity and profitability by empowering women to more fully engage in equitable agriculture systems, using an integrated, gender equality, market-based and nutrition sensitive extension approach. The Scaling Up FFBS Globally program, funded by the Sall Family Foundation, now influences over twenty global programs spanning over 30 countries, and aims to reach 25 million producers by 2027.
Use this timeline if you are planning a 9-month savings cycle. Adapt it to your programming schedule while respecting essential sequencing and coordination. Read More
Use this tool to evaluate if and when CA-VSLA is appropriate to implement within a given crisis type and response profile. Read More
Feed the Future Sugu Yiriwa, funded by USAID, commissioned a baseline study of market gardening groups in Djenné and Bandiagara, which revealed their need for training in innovative technologies for appropriate cooling, storage, and preservation of fruit and vegetables in the project areas. Read More