Briefing Policy - Money from within: leveraging pointers - producer organisations’ finance

banks,5 and many FFPOs also provide credit and Well-managed financial cooperatives bring other basic financial services to their members 6 many benefits to their members and to the wider from their internal funds. [...] Other IIED Briefing FFPOs started by establishing SACCOs, which and reduce the risk of defaults later promoted the creation of savings groups • Professionalise staff and digitise processes at the farm level, and once these groups were to accelerate efficiency and enhance operating well, they were linked to the closest transparency. [...] • Diversify funding sources and blend finance Despite the different approaches, there are to channel funds to the local level some common steps and actions which FFPOs • Federate or join existing federations of took and that other FFPOs and their supporting financial cooperatives to amplify impact and development partners can consider when advocate for more enabling policies. [...] FFPOs lead this process, • Use the FFPO’s knowledge of their members’ but practitioners and ODA organisations can needs strategically to tailor the services to and should support other FFPOs to mobilise ensure uptake and lower risks of loan default internal finance. [...] As members become more financially for smallholders; it extends to their significant and Agricord, the FFF is literate and access loans from the financial capacity to channel climate and nature finance funded by Finland, cooperative, they also build a financial track Germany, the Netherlands, directly to the local level.