Promoting farmer entrepreneurship through producer organizations in Central and Eastern Europe

This paper summarizes the most important findings, experiences and lessons learned. It is hoped that it will prove useful in assisting development organizations, governments, donors, advisers, producers and rural communities to carry out their own situation analysis, Helping them to develop and implement policies, strategies and technical assistance programmes and projects aimed at promoting more autonomous and financially sustainable producers’ organizations and farmer cooperatives in the countries across the entire CEE subregion.