OPPORTUNITIES
For smallholder farmers, FtMA offers a coordinated mechanism, a multi-stakeholder partnership that systematically connects players across the value chains to provide access to products and services, supported by knowledge from both the public and private sector, at global, national or local levels.
While there has been a direct financial benefit to most farmers, as their incomes have increased as they sold more crops, the benefits have often been more fundamental and longer lasting.
The farmers have:
- Acquired business skills which has made them capable of competing in formal markets
- Are negotiating better prices and dictating the terms of their market engagement.
- Has increased their confidence to invest their profits in their businesses – buying more seeds, fertilizers, or even renting/buying more land to farm.
The value chain players include:-
Strategic Partners
Our Strategic Partners offer FtMA technical support and expertise towards building our business model through the Farmer Service Centres (FSC).
Implementing Partners
Our Implementing partners are our boots on the ground. Through field staff, they coordinate the various partnerships, FSCs and farmers and ensure the efficient running of the ecocystem. They also train FSCs and farmers on conservation, best agricultural practices and agroforestry.
Service Providers
Our productivity partners ensure the Small Holder Farmers (SHF) have access to quality inputs and the right information on how to use them for improved and increased productivity.
Funding Partners
Our funding partners ensure FtMA is able to achieve its objectives through catalytic funding; with the ultimate aim of private sector increasing their investment in the business model and activities, as donor funding decreases.