Boosting community forestry and agroforestry businesses: field lessons learned for improving and upscaling returns from FFPO initiatives in Africa

This report synthesises the outcome of the Forest and Farm Facility regional field exchange in Eastern Province of Zambia from 28–31 October 2024. It includes summaries of the technical training, the sites visited and the related immediate feedback from participants to derive key messages and general lessons.

The document also presents the key outcomes from the opening and the technical training sessions and related discussions that prepared the participants for the field exchange, and concludes with key messages and participants' plans for action deduced from the feedback session.

This serves as a reference for the participants on their experience in the field exchange while providing a new learning material for non-participants on the vital roles of forest and farm producer organisations in advancing nature-based business related to community forestry and agroforestry, with key lessons for upscaling.