Regulate value chains and trade to reach sustainable and equitable food systems
Following decades of unbridled liberalization, recent crises (COVID-19 pandemic, wars, and food crisis) and rising figures on hunger are recalling the need to regulate food systems. New measures such as mirror clauses and anti-deforestation measures are being added to the European Union (EU) agenda for regulation of value chains and trade, marking the timid return […]
Organic Certification Preparation Manual
This guide is specifically intended for Producer Organisations (POs) located incountries outside the European Union (EU), as well as for AVSF’s technical teamsworking with them. Its objective is to describe the different stages of organic certification, and tohighlight the difficulties that can be encountered, in order to anticipate and planas well as possible this process […]
Access to quality nutrition in southeastern Madagascar
Successful farmers’ value chains for rice, bananas, fish farming and inland fishing
In addition to institutional and organizational strengthening, we are seeing the development of agricultural services tailored to the needs of their members, as well as their ability to become economic players capable of influencing the industry.
Strengthening and developing the cocoa sector
High-performance agro-ecological food chains
Sustainable Cashmere in Mongolia: Integrated Production System
Background 30 years after the independence and collapse of centralized economy, Mongolian herders are still in transition towards free market and face difficulties to adjust their productive systems to create value, preserve their natural resources and altogether secure their livelihoods and resilience. Loss of traditional know-how on collective rangeland management, collapsing extension services, lack of […]
Fair and sustainable agricultural supply chains
Linking Cambodian Palm Sugar and Rice Smallholder Farmers to Profitable Market in France
In Cambodia, the palm tree, which is called “Tnoat” in Khmer, is a source of income in different seasons of the year. There are about 3 million palm trees and about 20,000 community families relying on the benefits of palm trees. Its palm juice is collected from January to April. In general, 400 to 600 […]
Fair trade in West Africa
The Équité (‘equality‘) Program is carried out jointly by Plate-Forme du Commerce Equitable, Fairtrade Africa – West African Network and AVSF, and is funded by AFD and FFEM. It covers six countries in West Africa: Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Togo and Senegal. The goal is to encourage fair-trade organizations—certified farmers’ organizations, networks of […]
Fair-trade vanilla, litchi, and spices in Madagascar
After rice (a staple crop in Madagascar), spices, vanilla, and litchi are the three most important crops for both the economy of Madagascar and the food security of smallholder families. These crops are grown mainly in the island’s coastal areas. For most of these products, the harvest and export have traditionally been controlled by a […]
A smallholder market in the heart of Cuzco, Peru
This project has just been selected by the Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology (FONTAGRO) to receive the Prix de l’innovation agricole en Amérique Latine [Award for Agricultural Innovation in Latin America]. The award is sponsored by the Inter-American Institute of Cooperation for Agriculture (IICA) and the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) The Regional Association of Crop […]
