{"id":1799,"date":"2021-11-23T10:21:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cf.iisd.net\/ssi\/?p=1799"},"modified":"2023-03-25T16:12:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T21:12:08","slug":"sustainability-standards-smallholder-farmers-poverty-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/webinar\/sustainability-standards-smallholder-farmers-poverty-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Standards &#038; Smallholder Farmers: Opportunities to address poverty through trade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Webinar | Sustainability Standards &amp; Smallholder Farmers\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D-JAvtSzIK0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COVID-19 has slowed progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by increasing poverty worldwide. It has had severe effects on smallholder farmers\u2014especially in developing and least-developed countries. This underlines the need for a resilient, sustainable trading system that promotes progress toward the SDGs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) are instruments that influence how global value chains operate, strengthen farmer market access, and support the achievement of sustainable development outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This session examined VSSs as a collective, multistakeholder approach to sustainable trade and shared findings from the new report: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/reviews\/standards-and-poverty-reduction\/\"><em>IISD&#8217;s SSI Review: Standards and Poverty Reduction<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It explores the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How can VSSs reduce poverty for small-scale farmers in the wake of COVID-19?<\/li><li>What determines if small-scale farmers can access VSS-compliant markets?<\/li><li>How can governments support positive sustainable development impacts for smallholder farmers through VSS?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, our new research shows specifically how sustainability standards can contribute to poverty reduction efforts and points to actions that policy-makers, buyers, and the VSS community can take to maximize their potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/reviews\/standards-and-poverty-reduction\/\" style=\"background-color:#5abc89\"><strong>SSI REVIEW: STANDARDS AND POVERTY REDUCTION<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event was co-hosted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Moderator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Cristina Larrea<\/strong>, Lead Sustainability Standards, IISD <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speakers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Hon.<\/strong> <strong>Christophe Bazivamo<\/strong>,&nbsp;Deputy Secretary General, East African Community<\/li><li><strong>Sara Elder<\/strong>, Policy Advisor, IISD<\/li><li><strong>Henk Gilhuis<\/strong>, Manager Research and Impacts, Rainforest Alliance<\/li><li><strong>Marike de Pena<\/strong>,&nbsp;Managing Director, Banelino<\/li><li><strong>Norbert Tuyishime<\/strong>,&nbsp;Program Officer, Eastern Africa Farmers Federation<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discussants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Niema Elamin<\/strong>, Economist, UNCTAD<\/li><li><strong>Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba<\/strong>, Senior Economist, UNCTAD<\/li><li><strong>Ann Wilkings<\/strong>, Associate, IISD<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This webinar examines VSSs as a collective multi-stakeholder approach toward sustainable trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webinar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}