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DTSTART:20241210T090000Z
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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Session 3: Fostering sustainable trade in agricultural commodities:
  The role of standards and traceability
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Sustainability standards encompass not only environmental susta
 inability but also other intangible aspects of &quot\;quality\,&quot\; suc
 h as labour standards and “fair” pricing\, in particular in smallholde
 r-dominated value chains like coffee and cocoa.They function through third
 -party certification\, funded by stakeholders\, including producers\, to v
 erify that the certified commodity or product meets voluntary standards.Th
 is session will delve into the impacts of environmentally-motivated mandat
 ory standards set by importing countries on agricultural value chains. The
 se standards aim to reduce environmental footprints\, responding to eviden
 ce linking land use changes to deforestation and the climate crisis.Discus
 sions will cover implications for stakeholders in producing countries and 
 challenges in implementing traceability solutions. Questions to be addres
 sed:How should mandatory standards be used to promote environmentally sust
 ainable agricultural value chains that work for all stakeholders and contr
 ibute to addressing the SDGs? How can the net benefits of introducing man
 datory environmental standards be maximized\, in particular through implem
 enting traceability solutions that preserve the important role that smallh
 older farmers play in different agricultural value chains? How should the
  challenges of multiple possible standards be addressed through internatio
 nal dialogue and cooperation\, as was the case with the introduction of ma
 ndatory food safety standards? &lt\;p&gt\;Sustainability standards encomp
 ass not only environmental sustainability but also other intangible aspect
 s of &quot\;quality\,&quot\; such as labour standards and “fair” prici
 ng\, in particular in smallholder-dominated value chains like coffee and c
 ocoa.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;They function through third-party certificatio
 n\, funded by stakeholders\, including producers\, to verify that the cert
 ified commodity or product meets voluntary standards.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt
 \;This session will delve into the impacts of environmentally-motivated ma
 ndatory standards set by importing countries on agricultural value chains.
  These standards aim to reduce environmental footprints\, responding to ev
 idence linking land use changes to deforestation and the climate crisis.&l
 t\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Discussions will cover implications for stakeholders 
 in producing countries and challenges in implementing traceability solutio
 ns.&lt\;br&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Questio
 ns to be addressed:&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;H
 ow should mandatory standards be used to promote environmentally sustainab
 le agricultural value chains that work for all stakeholders and contribute
  to addressing the SDGs?&lt\;br&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;H
 ow can the net benefits of introducing mandatory environmental standards b
 e maximized\, in particular through implementing traceability solutions th
 at preserve the important role that smallholder farmers play in different 
 agricultural value chains?&lt\;br&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\
 ;How should the challenges of multiple possible standards be addressed thr
 ough international dialogue and cooperation\, as was the case with the int
 roduction of mandatory food safety standards?&lt\;br&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;
 /li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/me
 eting/session-3-fostering-sustainable-trade-agricultural-commodities-role-
 standards-and
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