We also thank Joost Jongerden for commenting an earlier draft and Wendy Woodward for copy-editing and proof reading. Nel de Vink made the maps included in this article. Comments by the editor and the two anonymous reviewers were extremely helpful in restructuring the original manuscript. Highlights • Millennium Village Projects are conceptualised as assemblage • Sauri Millennium Village failed to achieve its objectives, fractured the community and faded into oblivion. • The farmers trust their own assembling of 'local' resources and organisational frameworks. • SMV assembled success through questionable and limited reporting to only success stories and concealing data.

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