The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and SCOPEinsight signed an agreement to co-develop and launch SCOPE Basic, a new tool that assesses the level of professionalization of farmer groups. The tool is expected to help farmers in developing countries gain critical access to materials, services, finance and markets. SCOPE Basic can be used by capacity builders, training providers, and consultants to work with farmer groups—also known as agricultural producer organizations—in a way that is tailored to the particular capacity-building needs of each group. Over the next few months, the tool will be piloted in the Ivory Coast, Rwanda and Indonesia. Eventually, it will be rolled out to developing countries worldwide.