Guide for Small-Scale Producer Engagement
This guide supports organizations that promote sustainable market-based initiatives to strengthen how they listen to, work with, and learn from producers across different contexts.
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Business Plan Template for Agricultural Cooperatives in Cambodia to Advance Sustainability
This guide supports agricultural cooperatives (ACs) and their partners in Cambodia to develop business plans that strengthen sustainability and resilience.
Advancing Producer Engagement
Voluntary sustainability standard-setting organizations (VSSSOs) should enhance producer engagement by adopting transparent, inclusive, and responsive practices that move beyond consultation to collaboration and empowerment.
Market Trends and Potential Benefits of Eco-Certification to Inform Manitoba Commercial Fisheries
Several commercial fisheries in Manitoba are currently considering eco-certification, but questions remain among fishers about the consumer side of the market for eco-certified fish. This report addresses the current market trends in eco-certified fish in the United States and Europe and makes recommendations for how to best relay this important information to fishers.
Women Leading Change
This case study explores the contribution of Rwandan women coffee farmers' associations and cooperatives to women's economic empowerment and offers recommendations to government, voluntary sustainability standard-setting organizations, and coffee buyers on how to support these associations.
Promoting the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives
Governments in the Global South should promote agricultural cooperatives to boost smallholder access to fair markets, finance, and climate resilience.
Producer Inclusion in Voluntary Sustainability Standard Governance
This report analyzes the extent to which producers are included in the governance of agricultural standards and recommends ways for standard-setting organizations to give producers opportunities to help steer their course.
Voluntary Sustainability Standards in South Asia
Examines how voluntary sustainability standards can address key sustainability issues and interact with the policy landscape of the region.
Improving Visibility in Cotton Supply Chains to Achieve Transparency
This brief maps the supply chains of actors in the cotton sector in Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka for a Sweden-based fashion retailer.
Voluntary Sustainability Standards in East Africa
Exploring how adopting voluntary sustainability standards for staple crops can help achieve regional policy objectives in East Africa.