New CDE project that aims to foster peer learning and sharing of knowledge about pricing schemes targeting a living income in the cocoa value chain

The new EU organic regulation N° 2018/848 re-defines the rules for international organic production destined for the EU market. FIBL invites producer groups and companies exporting organic products to Europe, as well as organic traders in the EU and other stakeholders to participate in an international survey to collect data for a study on the implications of the new rules on smallholder supply chains.

This paper draws on ongoing research in Laos, where improved concession inventory efforts have helped stimulate a wide-ranging debate (both in and out of government) about the country’s stillopaque processes of concession taxation. Using the rubber sector, this paper examines a pair of concession-taxation strategies that have been pursued to varying degrees both in Laos and more broadly:

Helvetas blog post with some surprising facts about cinnamon and about how international cooperation efforts can improve the lives of smallholder farmers and their natural environment.