The FARE approach is an approach that was developed from practice and is
intended to be used by development professionals. During three decades of working
in the daily realities of rural development programmes, the conviction grew that we
can do much better to achieve more sustainable and inclusive agro-economic
development. Two fundamental questions are at the origin of the FARE approach:
1. Why are small-scale farmers generally not perceived and treated as
entrepreneurs?
2. Why do development projects so often fail?