Advancing gender equality in agrifood systems

In this podcast, ISEAL’s Matthew Stancliffe Bird is joined by Patricia Kristjanson, senior gender specialist at the World Bank and Wiene Andriyana, Technical Analyst for the Environment Unit at UNDP.…

Advancing gender equality an agrifood systems: what's working?

The briefing identifies three main categories of constraints impacting gender equality within agrifood systems: structural barriers, land tenure, and resource access. Through case studies from…

Are we making progress towards eliminating child labour? A root cause analysis in the cocoa sector in Côte d’Ivoire

This white paper examines the status of child labour in the cocoa sector in Côte d’Ivoire, addressing its root causes, intervention strategies, and the ch…

Unlocking targeted approaches to improve household resilience of cocoa farmers

Fairtrade living income - progress report 2023

The report details Fairtrade’s living income efforts in 2023, including initiatives to strengthen services for farmer members and promote income diversification projects. They report progress…

Adopting forest positive approaches in commodity production: what’s working?

This research briefing draws out key insights from the Good Growth Partnership’s (GGP) forest positive approach to addressing commodity-driven deforestation. The GGP has employed a s…

Driving transformation in coffee through collaborations (webinar)

Coffee is one of the most traded and consumed commodities in the world – around 125 million people depend on coffee for their livelihoods. Whilst actions have been taken over several decades to address s…

Beyond certification: investigating the nexus between compliance with sustainable agriculture standard and livelihood assets of certified smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana.

Studies have shown that farmers appear to deviate from set certification…

Climate-smart cocoa in forest landscapes: lessons from institutional innovations in Ghana

Integrated landscape approaches have been welcomed by scientists and development practitioners as a promising way to address commodity-driven deforestation and associated land degradation and greenhouse…

Small scale agriculture continues to drive deforestation and degradation in fragmented forests in the Congo Basin (2015–2020)

The Central African region hosts the largest continuous tract of forest in Africa, regulating global climate while providing essential resources…

South–South trade and voluntary sustainability standards

This report explores how voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) are being used in trade policy to increase the trade of more sustainable products between developing countries. The report argues…

Food systems investing in East Africa

This report assesses the role of impact funds in investing in agroecological Innovators in East Africa. The project focused on funds that invest in food and agricultural businesses in Kenya, Rwanda,…