Consuming countries increasingly seek to ensure that value chains are deforestation-free. Learn more about the CDE project, which promotes deforestation-free requirements and traceability systems that prioritize the ecological, sociocultural, and economic well-being of producing countries. Solutions are being tested in designated pilot sites in Ethiopia, with a focus on the coffee sector.

This paper aims to support diferentiation between sustainable and unsustainable agricultural production, with a view to

enabling a transformative agricultural trade system by incentivizing sustainable agricultural production. We argue that

transformative governance of corresponding global trade fows will need to provide support to the weaker participants

in production systems, above all small-scale farmers in the global South, in order to support their food security and a path

out of poverty as well as global environmental goals. The present article seeks to provide an overview of internationally

agreed norms that can serve as basis for diferentiation between sustainable and unsustainable agricultural systems. Such

common objectives and benchmarks could then be used in multilateral and binational trade agreements.

“Deliberative Diets” aims to bridge producers and consumers by developing sustainable food system scenarios using Ecuadorian cocoa and Spanish olive oil as examples. Stakeholders from Ecuador, Spain, and Switzerland collaboratively create future visions for success. CDE PhD student Léa Lamotte explores diverse food perspectives with students.It’s a creative, participatory way of knowledge building that generates refreshing and inspiring insights.