The Ambagolla Farmers Association, a farmer organization affiliated with the Movement for Land and Agriculture Reforms (MONLAR) has initiated a business intending to supply pepper, a major agricultural produce in the region, to the market in an organized manner to obtain a better farm gate price. Under the SMART FARMER project of APFP/FO4A Sri Lanka, […]
In Bangladesh, where agriculture sustains much of the rural population, paddy (rice) farmers continue to face persistent challenges including lack of funds during the cultivation season, high interest rates from moneylenders, rising costs of seeds and fertilizers, and unfair market prices controlled by middlemen who often ignore government-set rates. For many smallholder farmers, these challenges […]
Gilgit-Baltistan is a region of remarkable agricultural potential, yet its progress has been hindered by inadequate farmer guidance and resource scarcity, causing the agricultural sector’s growth to languish. In recent years, the Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF), our partner in Pakistan, dedicated efforts toward addressing these challenges. With support from ARISE (funded by IFAD) and APFP-FO4A […]