The first quarter of 2014 brought some interesting aspects of projects and activities on FSC engagement related to Smallholders and Communities that you can read about in the Smallholders Update Q1 2014. In January the new Smallholder Support Manager, Annah Agasha, joined the FSC International team and is now the new editor of the Smallholders Update.

In this quarter’s Smallholders Update, Craig Norris from the NCT Forestry Cooperative in South Africa tells us about a project that aims to test the effectiveness of a number of initiatives designed to improve smallholder’s access to FSC certification, and how they have received a grant from the FSC Smallholder Fund to reach the goal.

Hartono Prabowo from FSC Indonesia shares the experience from 3 training sessions in Indonesia as part of a 3-year pilot of the FSC Train the Trainers program, and finally there is an article about the launch of a campaign to promote the FSC Small and Community Label Option (SCLO).

Learn more about the Smallholder Support Program here, find previous Updates here or learn more about the Smallholders Fund here.

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