Civitas Status
Project initiator
Period
April 1st – December 31st 2024

Budget

300.000 RON
Funder
Provident Financial Romania IFN, part of the Invizibilii project (www.invizibilii.ro)

In the face of challenges and changes in the contemporary agricultural landscape, subsistence farmers face increasing difficulties. Many local farmers do not have access to the necessary knowledge to develop their business sustainably and need more support to continue their activity.

With the support of Provident Financial Romania IFN, we developed a project to increase the capacity of subsistence farmers from all agricultural branches, from Cluj and Harghita counties. At the end of it, we expect at least 60 farmers in this region to become more competent entrepreneurs, understand the market better and be able to react with adjusted plans for food production, food processing and marketing.

Here is what we set out to do through this program:
To support a minimum of 60 subsistence farmers from the same area, to implement initiatives that bring them income in a sustainable and secure way.
To develop the competences (knowledge and skills) of 120 subsistence farmers from 6 communes in Cluj and Harghita counties, to help them better adapt to current needs and practices in food production, food processing and marketing.
To facilitate the access of subsistence farmers in Romania to educational materials and monthly information materials.

The professionalization of smallholder farmers is essential for farms to become sustainable, to be able to provide fresh and quality local food in an economically efficient manner. Through this program, we want to create contexts for learning and exchange of experience to support farmers to adapt to current challenges and access new markets for their products.

Through the training sessions, we will be able to identify new producers and help them capitalize on their products through the Nod Verde foodhub network and/or through the CoopNet network of agricultural cooperatives. We will also establish some associative forms to develop projects together (short chains, joint investments and others).