Lifelong Learning for Farmers (L3), an initiative by the Commonwealth of Learning, an NGO, operates in South India and Sri Lanka in partnership with local banks, ICT providers and farmers groups.
It aims to improve the flow of information from researchers to farmers by offering tips, advice and information on best practices to local farmers through
An innovative programme launched in 2005 for groundnut farmers in Malawi helps farmers to obtain certified seeds, which produce increased yields and revenues as well as greater resistance to disease.
In addition, the National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi, in conjunction with the Insurance Association of Malawi and with technical assistance from the World Bank and
Tata Chemicals, a subsidiary of the Tata Group, has established the Tata Kisan Sansar (TKS), a network of franchised rural retail outlets which offer a comprehensive range of agricultural inputs and services to farmers.
The TKS has the objective of becoming a “onestop farmer’s solution shop” and follows a “hub and spoke” model with 32 hubs
