These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Effective Tools for Understanding, Managing and Accelerating Impact"
This webinar was co-organised by GFAR, COSA and GLF and is part of a wider series on agricultural research & innovation,eco-systems management and sustainable development.
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/10/13/join-cosa-gfar-impact-webinar/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: Effective https://youtu.be/RtYlWo_Ok5o
With thanks to our co-hosts in this webinar: (COSA) Global Landscapes forum (GLF) and Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) -
https://thecosa.org/
http://landscapes.org
8. Sampling of collaborations to harmonize
FAO SAFA (for Smallholders) – global metrics with FAO, Grameen, Soils&More, etc
Shared Approach for Smallholder Performance Measurement - Sustainable Food Lab, ISEAL,
Rainforest Alliance, Wageningen (CDI), Nestlé, Root Capital, IDH, Mars, Ford Foundation.
United Nations Division for Sustainable Development and Rio+20 Earth Summit – led four global
teams & 72 contributors formulating the strategic input on Food and Agriculture
InterAmerican Development Bank SAFE Platform – dozens of firms and institutions using common
metrics and reporting into one knowledge base
Measuring Smallholder Incomes: Towards Better Alignment & Reporting of Farm Economic Metrics
- joint initiative with ISEAL Alliance and Sustainable Food Lab
United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards – Advisory Board
Sustainability Assessment Tools - Textile Exchange, Ford Foundation & a variety of organizations
9. COSA Scientific Committee
Tanguy Bernard – Int’l Food Policy Research Institute
Lawrence Busch – Michigan State University
Alain DeJanvry – University of California Berkeley
Michael Hiscox – Harvard University
Jeremy Haggar – University of Greenwich (NRI-CATIE)
Steven Jaffee – World Bank
Jaya Krishnakumar – University of Geneva
Dagmar Mithöfer – U- Rhein-Waal University
Bob Picciotto –
Kings College & World Bank Director General
Evaluation ret.)
Krislert Samphantharak – University of California San Diego
20. Aligned with International and Normative References
• OECD Agri-Environmental Indicators
• OECD Economic Guidelines
• Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
• Rio Declaration
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent
Organic Pollutants
• UN Convention to Combat Desertification
• UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Winnipeg Principles
• WHO Guidelines for Water Quality
• CITES Convention
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• FAO Rome Declaration on World Food
Security
• FAO GAP
• Global Compact - UN
• IFC Social and Environmental Policies &
Performance Standards
• ILO Core 8 Conventions
• International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights
• International Plant Protection Convention
• Millennium Development Goals
40. Social
• Membership and Organizational Structure
• PO Services to Community
• Management and Systems
• Democratic Governance & Policies
41. Environmental
• Environmental practices by the PO
• Certification
• Services that promote farmer-level enviro benefits
• Dissemination of key conservation practices
42. Economic
• Business Systems (eg. quality control)
• Production Support to Farmers (eg. training and TA)
• Commercial Performance (eg. volume sold)
• Financial Sustainability Indicators
43. Take the Survey
One billion people are members of the 2.6 million cooperatives and producer organizations world-wide.
Rapidly diagnose the effectiveness and viability
of a producer organization or agricultural enterprise
with this state-of-the-art assessment
44. What community empowerment activity does the Organization support?
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Human
Rights
None Food
Security
Youth
Empowerment
Community
Projects
Labour
Rights
Producer organizations can play
an important role to empower
members and the community,
catalysing positive change that can
include women’s participation in
leadership, respecting worker
rights, and ensuring that members
can meet their basic needs.
Did you know
X
Gender
Equity
45. Number of Crops the PO
works with?
2
1-3Hectares
Cotton Fruit & Veg
Tea
Coffee Cocoa
Which Crops does the PO focus
on primarily?
Other
Grains Livestock
Oils & Seeds Honey
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Crop diversification decreases the dependence of
farmers on only one source of income.
Caveat: taking on too many crops, or being
unprepared for new crops, can dilute focus and
increase risk
Did you know
X
Considering most PO members, what is
their average farm size?
1-1ha 1-3ha 3-9ha 10+ha
49. Panelist
Vera Espindola Rafael
Director for Sustainability and Shared
Value, Mexico Agriculture Secretariat
-SAGARPA
Panelist
David Piza
Director of Corporate Social
Responsibility and Sustainability,
S&D Coffee & Tea
Panelist
Ruth Martínez
Manager, Climate Change Adaptation
in Farming Systems
Conservation International
Panelist in absentia
Celia Harvey
Vice President, Global Change and
Ecosystem Services,
Conservation International
Panelist in absentia
Molly Laverty
Director of Sustainability,
Farmer Brothers
Q&A Moderator
David Thomas
Lead Facilitator,
Global Landscapes Forum
55. Thank you.
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