What are the key objectives of the Academy?
Promote Sustainable Livelihoods
By helping smallholders use good agricultural practices, run better farms, set up groups, and use more environmentally and socially sustainable practices the Academy strives to improve smallholders’ livelihoods. Aligned with the RSPO Roadmap to Empower Smallholders, the Academy's primary goal is not RSPO certification, but improving their sustainable livelihoods.
Increase Training Capacity of Supporting Organisations
The Academy supports the promotion of sustainable livelihoods by seeking to strengthen the capacity of other organisations to train smallholders, groups, and programme designers. Increasing smallholders' access to high-quality training will be essential for them to improve their yields and livelihoods, as well as to improve their sustainability practices.
Develop an Innovative Global Community
By harnessing the strength, initiative and diversity of its Partner Network, the Academy aims to build and support a community that provides new training resources, methods and learning innovations tailored to smallholders’ needs. While the Academy Secretariat hopes to bring new innovations to the Network, it is a primary objective of the Academy to co-create content, training innovations, and new programmes together with the Academy Partner Network.