With modest resources, PFID-F&V forms alliances and partnerships to deliver assistance packages to its beneficiaries. The PFID-F&V approach also consists of training local NGO’s and professionals to link with private companies in the food industry. Departing from business-specific information between buyer and seller, farmers living near subsistence levels increased their market access capacity through enhanced market-led actions detailed ahead. Examples of this approach that have given good results at a local level include Hortifruti in Nicaragua, and Walmart Guatemala.
The list of partners past and present include:
- Produce Marketing Association (PMA)
- International Development Bank
- INCAE Business School Nicaragua
- Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
- Lutheran Relief Services (LRS)
- Technoserve
- Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
- Word Relief Corporation (WRC)
- Dinant Honduras
- Chiquita Brands International
- Walmart-Guatemala
- Walmart-Nicaragua
- Hortifruti
