TSPN (Trade Standards Practitioners Network)

Developing high and low value supply chains in Ghana

Chemonics International (Chemonics International) | Under a USAID contract Chemonics is working to increase the competitiveness of Ghana’s private sector in world markets through an improved enabling environment and an improved responsiveness to market demands. ... Read more

Governing through standards | Standardization devices in the governance of sustainable development

French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) (CIRAD) | This project aims at analyzing the changes in political practices induced by standardization devices created in the name of sustainable development in the agro-food and forest sectors. "Standardization devices" are ... Read more

Development of good risk based agricultural social practices

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (GIZ) | The Objective of the PPP project between EurepGAP, GTZ and Coop Switzerland is to develop and test as set of pragmantic social criteria to be potentially integrated into the EurepGAP ... Read more

Promoting Cotton Made in Africa

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (GIZ) | The proejct seeks to combat poverty by improving business relations with cotton growers, retailers and buyers to produce a high quality raw material with good processing characteristics at competitive prices. ... Read more

Promoting internal control systems for farmer group certification under GlobalGAP Option 2

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (GIZ) | Farmers can achieve EUREPGAP certification as an individual (option 1) or as a member of a farmer group (option 2). Option 2 is also known in other schemes (e.g. organic ... Read more

Bringing together certification and corporate social responsibility initiatives

International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling (ISEAL) Alliance (ISEAL) | The Stepping Stones project brings together different certification and Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, to explore how they fit together. The aim of the project is to create a conceptual framework ... Read more

Creating a common framework to assess the impact of standards

International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling (ISEAL) Alliance (ISEAL) | ISEAL members work in a range of different sectors from forestry to textiles and across a range of different content areas from labour rights to biodiversity protection. ISEAL provides a ... Read more

Identifying good practices in auditor training, capacity building, and certification body and auditor evaluations

International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling (ISEAL) Alliance (ISEAL) | The ability of auditors to make accurate and consistent assessments of compliance with a standard underlies the credibility of a certification system. Social and environmental auditing is particularly complex ... Read more

Improving access to certification for small producers

International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling (ISEAL) Alliance (ISEAL) | The purpose of the Accessibility Network is to examine how to improve access to certification for small producers, in particular from developing countries. The network brings together ISEAL members with ... Read more

ISEAL Code of Good Practice for setting social and environmental standards

International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling (ISEAL) Alliance (ISEAL) | The Code of Good Practice for Setting Social and Environmental Standards is an international, normative document that is applicable to all social and environmental standards. As of 2006, compliance with ... Read more

ISEAL Common Information Reference Point

International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling (ISEAL) Alliance (ISEAL) | The ISEAL Common Information Reference Point brings together in one place information about all ISEAL member standards. It is aimed primarily at producers, to enable them to find information about ... Read more

The ISEAL Accreditation Program

International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling (ISEAL) Alliance (ISEAL) | At the heart of ISEAL's accreditation program is the commitment by members to comply with international best practices. ISEAL members that offer accreditation are working toward compliance with ISO / ... Read more

Building capacity for social and ethical research and education in agrifood nanotechnology.

Center for the Study of Standards in Society (CS3) at Michigan State University (MSU CS3) | This four-year project was completed by August 2008. It was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and addressed the social and ethical dimensions of various nanotechnology applications throughout the ... Read more

Third party certification in food and agriculture | A study in values and science.

Center for the Study of Standards in Society (CS3) at Michigan State University (MSU CS3) | Third party certification (3PC) plays an increasing role in negotiating issues of risk in society; yet, little is known about the emerging forms, tools, and functions of 3PC in the ... Read more

Biodiversity Conservation in Coffee

Rainforest Alliance (RA) | Because of coffee s global economic importance and its potential as a conservation tool, the Global Environment Facility through the United Nations Development Programme has provided the Rainforest Alliance with ... Read more

SAI Program under the “USAID Environment and Labor Excellence for CAFTA-DR Program” (ELE CAFTA-DR)

() | Better working conditions are critical to realizing human rights at work, optimizing production systems, business competitiveness and sustainable development for societies at large. Professional certification systems assess the social performance ... Read more

Improving the productivity of the legumes sector

TechnoServe (TechnoServe) | Objective: Increase the productivity and sales of 10,000 smallholders and entrepreneurs in the Legumes sector by mobilizing farmers, increasing their access input supplies, improve the supply chain management for ... Read more

African smallholder farmers and participation in higher-value supply chains

University of Guelph (University of Guelph ) | In the face of emerging opportunities and challenges imposed by evolving quality, safety and other market and regulatory requirements; many donors, NGOs, government agencies, and private companies have designed and ... Read more

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Developing high and low value supply chains in Ghana

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