In the Arnhem meetings, we tried to come up with answers to the demands of organized farmers. What can the development industry do for farmers’ organizations, cooperatives, producer organizations and other rural based and farmer led associations and enterprises?

During the first day, the hosting Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Agriterra presented the developments in the network of organizations that focus on producer organizations in developing countries. The complete seminar on the second day was dedicated to learning about the contributions of governments and donor institutes.

The conference and the seminar Farmers Fighting Poverty aimed to contribute to the millennium development goal nr. 1: the struggle against poverty and hunger. We hope that the representatives of the participating organisations will be convinced to give more direct support to producer organizations.