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1998 E-mail Conference on

"Small Farmer Group Associations: Bringing the Poor Together"

http://www.fao.org/sd


Dear Colleague,

The Rural Institutions and Participation Service (SDAR) of FAO is =
pleased to invite you to participate in an E-mail conference to be run =
in September-October 1998 on the above topic, seeking to bring together =
experiences with Small Farmer Group Associations (SFGAs), and in =
particular addressing the problem of ensuring sustainability.

The conference will take the form of a moderated discussion through a =
list-server set up on the FAO main computer. It is expected to be active =
for at least a month from mid-September. A discussion paper will be =
distributed via E-mail to all participants just before the start of the =
conference, and this will provide an initial basis for discussion.

It is planned that a synthesis report-cum-proceedings of the conference =
will be prepared on the basis of the interventions and the discussion =
paper. At the same time, it is hoped that the discussions will yield =
sufficient material to provide the basis for a manual or set of field =
guidelines for promoting SFGAs in a manner that will facilitate their =
becoming self-sustaining.=20

The conference is open to all those interested, the only requirement =
being that participants have access to E-mail on a regular basis. Those =
interested will be registered as participants, and access to the =
discussion will be limited to those registered. All interventions will =
go via the Moderator, who will prepare each intervention in a suitable =
format, attach an identifying header, and disseminate it promptly to all =
participants. All communications will be by E-mail and will be in =
English.

Should you wish to join us in this exercise, which we hope will prove =
intellectually stimulating while providing concrete outputs, please send =
an E-mail message requesting that you be included as a participant to=20

<SFGA-Secretariat@fao.org>=20


The same address can be used if you have any queries regarding the =
conference, and we will try to provide answers. There is no financial or =
other obligation implicit in participation.

Thank you


Thorgeir LAWRENCE

SFGA Conference Moderator

<SFGA-Secretariat@fao.org>


On behalf of John G. Rouse,=20

Rural Institutions and Participation Service


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<P align=3Dcenter>1998 E-mail Conference on</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>&quot;Small Farmer Group Associations: Bringing the =
Poor=20
Together&quot;</P></B>
<P align=3Dcenter><A =
href=3D"http://www.fao.org/sd">http://www.fao.org/sd</A></P><B>
<P align=3Dcenter></P></B>
<P>Dear Colleague,</P>
<P>The Rural Institutions and Participation Service (SDAR) of FAO is =
pleased to=20
invite you to participate in an E-mail conference to be run in =
September-October=20
1998 on the above topic, seeking to bring together experiences with =
Small Farmer=20
Group Associations (SFGAs), and in particular addressing the problem of =
ensuring=20
sustainability.</P>
<P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>The conference will take the form of a =
moderated=20
discussion through a list-server set up on the FAO main computer. It is =
expected=20
to be active for at least a month from mid-September. A discussion paper =
will be=20
distributed via E-mail to all participants just before the start of the=20
conference, and this will provide an initial basis for =
discussion.</FONT></P>
<P>It is planned that a synthesis report-<I>cum</I>-proceedings of the=20
conference will be prepared on the basis of the interventions and the =
discussion=20
paper<I>. </I>At the same time, it is hoped that the discussions will =
yield=20
sufficient material to provide the basis for a manual or set of field =
guidelines=20
for promoting SFGAs in a manner that will facilitate their becoming=20
self-sustaining. </P>
<P>The conference is open to all those interested, the only requirement =
being=20
that participants have access to E-mail on a regular basis. Those =
interested=20
will be registered as participants, and access to the discussion will be =
limited=20
to those registered. All interventions will go via the Moderator, who =
will=20
prepare each intervention in a suitable format, attach an identifying =
header,=20
and disseminate it promptly to all participants. All communications will =
be by=20
E-mail and will be in English.</P>
<P>Should you wish to join us in this exercise, which we hope will prove =

intellectually stimulating while providing concrete outputs, please send =
an=20
E-mail message requesting that you be included as a participant to </P>
<P align=3Dcenter>&lt;<A=20
href=3D"mailto:SFGA-Secretariat@fao.org">SFGA-Secretariat@fao.org</A>&gt;=
 </P><I>
<P align=3Dcenter></P></I>
<P>The same address can be used if you have any queries regarding the=20
conference, and we will try to provide answers. There is no financial or =
other=20
obligation implicit in participation.</P>
<P>Thank you</P>
<P align=3Dcenter></P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Thorgeir LAWRENCE</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>SFGA Conference Moderator</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>&lt;<A=20
href=3D"mailto:SFGA-Secretariat@fao.org">SFGA-Secretariat@fao.org</A>&gt;=
</P><I>
<P align=3Dcenter></P></I>
<P align=3Dcenter>On behalf of John G. Rouse, </P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Rural Institutions and Participation=20
Service</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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