Our experts analyze commodities markets across sectors to determine standard-compliant consumption and production trends, their opportunities and challenges for sustainable development, and more. Our pieces of analysis range from commentaries to policy briefs to reports.
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Case Studies |
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.
Policy Reports and Briefs |
This explainer provides an overview of how VSSs are used in trade policy instruments, including market access and due diligence regulations, free trade agreements, public procurement policies, and export promotion strategies.
Insights and Commentaries |
This explainer breaks down EUDR requirements, provides an overview of steps that SMEs must take to ensure compliance, and highlights VSSs as a recognized tool to support compliance by the EU.
Other Publications |
This workbook aims to provide a systematic overview and analysis of due diligence regulations by mapping their main provisions against common themes, serving as an initial step toward promoting interoperability.
Insights and Commentaries |
Agricultural cooperatives have the power to play an important role in providing small-scale producers with access to stable and fair market relationships, equitable pricing, and sustainable markets.
Policy Reports and Briefs |
Soils in East Africa are inherently acidic, which affects agriculture, and over 60% of arable land is now degraded, posing risks to sustainability, food security, and livelihoods. Urgent interventions are needed to address this issue. Key findings in this report highlight that the application of ...
Insights and Commentaries |
Governments are increasingly recognizing the need for sustainability standards in global value chains (GVCs), as pressures from consumers and due diligence regulations in the Global North require businesses to address risks such as deforestation and forced labour, though actors in the Global Sout...
Case Studies |
This case study explores how Kenya's experiences aligning public and private standards in the flower industry can help transform sustainability efforts in agricultural value chains.
Insights and Commentaries |
The use of voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) and similar systems in free trade agreements (FTAs) is gaining traction. Will it lead to more sustainable production and consumption globally?
Commodity Reports |
This report explores recent market trends in the soybean sector, what these trends mean for producers in developing countries, and what sustainability standards, governments, and private sector actors can do to improve farmers' incomes.