SUMMARY: We are sharing with you strategies for sustainable agriculture development and request your support in the execution of the strategies. Please read detailed information about our strategy and then fill out the Donation Form at the end of this page.

Sustainable agriculture is farming in sustainable ways meeting society’s present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current or future generations to meet their needs.

Sustainability in Action (SiA) recommends the following ways or strategies to facilitate and promote Sustainable Agriculture Development

Strategy #1: Promote and facilitate innovation and adoption of best farming practices

➠ Designing and implementation of Agriculture Production Projects
➠ Participatory Agriculture Research and Learning
➠ Publications and workshops
➠ Propagation of Agricultural innovations in training and Facilitation
➠ The use of approaches that enable innovations

Strategy #2: Strengthen the link between farmers, agro-dealers, input suppliers, and agriculture institutions

➠ Facilitate communication and collaboration of farmers, agro-dealers, input suppliers, and agriculture institutions
➠ Strengthen the business and technical skills of smallholder farmers to increase the quality and Quantity of their farm products
➠ Strengthen the business and technical skills of agro-dealers to better serve the needs of smallholder farmers
➠ Increase smallholder farmer access to larger markets to distribute their products by working with agro-dealers to develop and deliver basic output marketing training
➠ Advance agricultural policy advocacy by creating a mechanism for sustaining a public-private policy dialogue
➠ Increase farmers and agro-dealers awareness of market opportunities, helping to link them to existing market channels
➠ Improve rural access to finance to jumpstart farmers and agro-dealer enterprises in areas where none existed

Strategy #3: Support rural agriculture commercialization for sustainable development

➠ Facilitate Surplus production aiming at market prospects
➠ Support Agricultural extension in a commercialized agricultural system
➠ Facilitate and encourage the increase of the size of land for Agriculture
➠ Promote Small Farm Diversification, Commercialization and Risks
➠ Facilitates adoption and use of best technologies in Agriculture
➠ Facilitate Diversification of production costs
➠ Facilitate Access to Institutional Credit
➠ Understanding of Nature of Input Markets and Access
➠ Facilitate Public-Private and Community Partnership in the agriculture sector (PPCP)
➠ Promoting cross-border and regional agriculture value chains

Strategy #4: Facilitate agriculture financing and marketing

➠ Facilitate Diversification of production costs
➠ Facilitate Access to Institutional Credit
➠ Understanding of Nature of Input Markets and Access
➠ Facilitate Public-Private and Community Partnership in the agriculture sector (PPCP)
➠ Promoting cross-border and regional agriculture value chains

Call for Donations and/or Partnership

SiA is requesting your donation to support the implementation of the above strategies.