Collective action approaches in the commercialization of wood forest products from smallholders in a rural setting are not fully investigated and understood. This implies the necessity to gain a better understanding on the state of forest farmers' organizations (FFOs), with a view to identifying current and future research issues to be addressed. This systematic review, thus, aims to provide a knowledge base for FFO research grounded on (1) the policy context within which FFOs operate, and (2) the typology of their performance with reference to resource mobilization, commercialization of wood products and benefit sharing mechanisms. We reviewed 57 FFOs worldwide which facilitated wood production and commercialization services for small-scale farmers. The identified FFOs were classified into three categories. The first category FFOs are characterized by those facilitating farmers managing communal forestland and commercializing wood products with bare value addition. Category two FFOs comprise of FFOs facilitating farmers with private or communal lands and commercializing value-added wood products. Category three FFOs are similar as previous, but have a more diversified portfolio and linked to at least two market channels. Research on FFOs in the last three decades points out to an emerging trend of smallholders with farm forestry plots across the tropics and the need for FFOs to balance social and financial objectives. The synthesis suggests the need for empirical research, such as in assessing the organizational capacity of existing rural farmer's organizations in facilitating management and commercialization of wood products, and analyzing smallholders' willingness to participate in an FFO.

在农村地区，小农经营木林产品的商业化集体行动方法尚未得到充分研究和理解。这意味着有必要更好地了解林农组织的状况，以便确定当前和将来要研究的研究问题。因此，本系统综述旨在为FFO研究提供知识基础，其基础是（1）FFO运作的政策环境，以及（2）参考其资源动员，木材产品商业化和利益共享的绩效类型机制。我们审查了全球57个FFO，这些FFO促进了小规模农民的木材生产和商业化服务。确定的FFO分为三类。第一类FFO的特点是促进农民管理公共林地并使具有附加值的木材产品商业化。第二类FFO由FFO组成，这些FFO促进农民拥有私有或公共土地并使增值的木制品商业化。第三类FFO与以前类似，但具有更多样化的产品组合，并与至少两个市场渠道相关。在过去的三十年中，对FFO的研究指出，小农在热带地区拥有农场林地的新兴趋势以及FFO平衡社会和财务目标的需求。该综合表明需要进行实证研究，例如评估现有农村农民组织在促进木材产品的管理和商业化方面的组织能力，