Mongolian Cashmere Producers Switch to Greenhouse Gas Accounting
Switching on the Journey Toward Sustainable Cashmere Production Mongolia’s cashmere sector, the second largest cashmere supplier in the world, stands at a critical turning point in its transition toward environmental sustainability. The Government of Mongolia has launched initiatives, such as the White Gold Project, which aim to enhance climate-resilient production, improve traceability, and implement eco-friendly […]
For a European organic regulation adapted to the realities of small producers in the South
This position paper carried by Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières – AVSF and ETHIQUABLE takes stock of developments in European Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on organic certification, which applies to small producer groups in southern countries from January 2025. The year 2025 is a strategic one for many cooperatives, which are undergoing their first audits under […]
Mongolian cashmere: launch of an ethical brand created by herders
“From the heart of the herders to your hands”. This brand of cashmere products from the Eetlei Baylag cooperative network (EBCN) embodies the work accomplished over the past 10 years with AVSF’s support in Mongolia. In 2023, this network, which today brings together over 2,200 goat breeders in 9 cooperatives, is embarking on a new […]
Short supply chains supported by AVSF
Numerous projects implemented by AVSF and together with farming families and their organisations, as well as other private and public players, have led to the development of short supply chains as defined by the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty: “a method of marketing agricultural products which is carried out either by direct sale […]
