Key lessons from using Certification as scaling mechanism for CSA under the CCAFS funded Climate
Smart Coffee and Cocoa Value Chain Project (CSVC)
Outcome 1: Influence on new Rainforest Alliance (RA) standard development
Outcome 2: UTZ/RA SP application and scaling
Outcome 4: Landscape work
The cocoa sector recognizes climate change and weather volatility as direct threats to their businesses, and some are acting to incorporate climate smart practices into their programs in West Africa. This case study shares cocoa companies’ perceptions regarding the usefulness of the Climate Chang...
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
,
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
,
Rainforest Alliance
,
Root Capital
,
Sustainable Food Lab
,
[Improving Cocoa sector Climate-Smart Awareness and decision-making]
,
Improving Cocoa sector Climate-Smart Awareness and decision-making
World Cocoa Foundation
,
Rainforest Alliance
,
[Extension materials for CSA practices in cocoa for West Africa]
,
Extension materials for CSA practices in cocoa for West Africa
Climate change fundamentally and increasingly affects agriculture. Warming, drought and extreme weather are already altering yields and quality of crops produced around the world. They also stand to impact water availability, nutritional value of foods, and food security and as such the livelihoo...
Rainforest Alliance
,
[Summary: Climate-Smart Agriculture in the 2017 SAN Sustainable Agriculture Standard]
,
Summary: Climate-Smart Agriculture in the 2017 SAN Sustainable Agriculture Standard
In January 2018, the Rainforest Alliance merged with UTZ. We joined forces because we know that together we can have a greater impact and be a better partner to the many stakeholders we work with. With this new sustainable agriculture standard, we intend to harmonize the existing standards of the...