Value chains

Global agricultural supply chains are essential for the economy and for raw materials security. Via three projects run by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Sustainable Agricultural Supply…

Value chains

Cocoa farming is maintained world-wide by smallholders. In order to stem the environmental impact of deforestation through agriculture and livestock farming, the European Union has adopted a Regulation on…

Value chains

The OECD and the FAO develop an “OECD FAO Handbook on Deforestation, Forest Degradation and Due Diligence in Agricultural Supply Chains” to support companies with eliminating deforestation and forest degradation in their…

Value chains

A study published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) looks at the differences between globally traded agricultural commodities and local niche products in terms of their economic, ecological…

Value chains

According to a study by OECD for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, over 66 per cent of total employment in West Africa is in the food economy. Out of these 82 million people 78 per cent…

Value chains

In recent decades, a growing number of voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) have been established to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. But to what extent do certification schemes help build farmers’…