Membership Benefits
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 Tower Hill, Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Membership

NaFFSL draws its membership from four founding member categories namely; National Association of Farmers of Sierra Leone (NaFFSL), National Farmers’ Cooperative Union (NaFCU), District Women Farmers’ Cooperatives (DWFC), National Network of Farmer Field Schools/ Agricultural Business Units (FFS/ABU). As such NaFFSL does not admit individuals as members but the farmer Based organisations do.

membership benefits

  1. Strengthen the Farmers’ Voice at the county and all other levels—while farmers contribute the most to the country’s economy, their voice is not well articulated due to their wide dispersal and lack of cohesion. Becoming a member of NaFFSL means a stronger voice and visibility for farmers.

  2. Enhance representation, lobby and advocacy for farmers’ issues at the county and other levels—when farmers are united and speaking in one voice, it becomes easier for their concerns and issues to be addressed by the county and national governments as well as other representatives in the county or national assemblies.

  3. Market power—when farmers are united along value chains, it enables them to speak in one accord, a profoundly impactful dynamic in market negotiations, including price discovery and settlement. iv. Pride of recognition—joining the federation is a way to strengthen the federation so that farmers can also find satisfaction in belonging to an organization that caters to their collective interests as they work to feed the nation and care for its land and forests.

  4. Peer to peer learning—becoming a member makes it possible to learn from others in order to excel at one’s enterprise. This is made possible through exchange tours, Farmer field Schools, modelling and many other forms of peer to peer learning.

  5. Vertical integration for production and market efficiency—the federation continues to encourage members to focus on value chains where they have the most competitive advantages. Organizing production and agricultural marketing systems in this way ensure that farmers get the highest returns on their investments.

  6. Access to rich and dynamic education and training programmes—the federation excels in building and implementing capacity building programmes for her members on all imaginable topics for the members’ benefit and excellence at their enterprises.