Nine winners of the inaugural ALINe Farmer Voice Awards
March 2010
ALINe's 2010 Farmer Voice Awards recognise an extraordinary range of projects which promote and benefit from farmer voice. Entrants from 20 countries were whittled down to 9 winners. The winners include initiatives to help Nepalese farmers assert their land rights, get systematic feedback on extension services in Malawi and the Philippines, and farmer-to-farmer radio learning programmes in sub Saharan and West Africa.
The 2010 award winners are:
- ACDI/VOCA, Philippines
- CARE, Malawi
- Community Self-Reliance Centre, Nepal
- Flood Hazard Research Centre, Bangladesh
- Farm Radio International
- Helvetas, Nepal
- Specific Union for Female Farmers, Jordan
- Story Workshop, Malawi
- World Vision, Zimbabwe
The first ever ALINe Farmer Voice Awards celebrate leading examples of development organisations successfully nurturing and responding to smallholder farmers’ own efforts. They showcase organisations that listen and respond to what farmers say, throughout the course of their activities.
The awards were judged by a high level panel included Stephen Muchiri, CEO of the East African Farmers Federation, Professor Robert Chambers of the Institute of Development Studies and Alex Jacobs, of ALINe.
Yvonne Pinto, ALINe’s Director, said “We are thrilled to make awards to such a diverse group of initiatives. The award winners show how development programs can increase impact by responding to smallholder farmers’ own priorities. They also help farmers become more demanding citizens and consumers. We believe the award winners can act as agents of good practice for the sector.”
ALINe will work with the award winners during 2010 to identify good practice in nurturing and responding to smallholder farmers’ own efforts. We will publish case studies and practice notes, and use them to encourage and support similar efforts across the sector.
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