The SCPP model is a hub-and-spoke partnership, with Swisscontact at the hub of the partnership, driving the vision, pooling resources and collecting impact data. It is not the only model for an industry to work together on smallholder farmer productivity, but what SCPP has achieved indicates that it is model worth exploring. Of all the partnerships that make up the Grow Asia network, it stands out in its ability to teach us about effective partnership.

This case study is meant as an accompaniment to the Business Model Overview on the Zamboanga del Norte Yellow Corn Project which presents the structure of the Project and the core activities of each partner. Grow Asia documents the Corn Working Group’s journey by adapting the framework developed by the World Economic Forum’s New Vision for Agriculture (NVA) in A Guide to Country-led Action.

The primary purpose of the Guidelines is to promote investment in food, agriculture and forestry in the ASEAN region that contributes to regional economic development, food and nutrition security, food safety and equitable benefits, as well as the sustainable use of natural resources.

It has proven difficult for businesses to build profitable models to provide finance, advisory and market connections to these farmers at scale. Serving such small customers in remote locations using traditional in-person provision of loans, advice and trading is prohibitively expensive. As a result, most services are provided at a village level on an ad hoc basis and at a high cost to farmers.

This sector assessment, strategy and road map (i) reviews the development status of Viet Nam’s agriculture and natural resources (ANR) sector; (ii) records the government’s priority development strategies for the sector; (iii) summarizes Asian Development Bank (ADB) recent experience in developing ANR sector; and (iv) proposes an investment program in support of green agriculture restructuring, inclusive economic growth, poverty reduction, and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recovery.

Rural people have little or no savings or state support and are almost totally dependent on subsistence-level agriculture and gathering natural resources. This makes them especially vulnerable to unexpected shocks. This country fact sheet outlines IFAD’s strategy to eradicate poverty in Viet Nam, which focus on developing market-led innovations that aid poor people. These deepen institutional and policy reform at the provincial level and build capacity among poor farm households.

The fact-sheet is a short summary of the project, communicating with the general public the project objectives, areas of focus, types of intervention and implementing partners in a simple language. The project is part of a multi-country initiative that aims to contribute to closing the gender gap in agriculture. It seeks to enhance rural women’s social and economic empowerment and strengthen their leadership roles in rural development, decision-making and resilience building while contributing to the eradication of hunger and extreme poverty.

Indonesia has approximately 20 million hectares of peatlands, which provide unique ecosystem services and a source of livelihood to rural populations. These peatlands store an estimated 46 gigatons of carbon—as much as 14 percent of all global soil carbon. Despite the importance of these ecosystems, they face a growing number of threats, including logging, fires, and drainage.