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February 2020

What do we know about which smallholder farmers we reach?

The debate on the role and impacts of supply chain approaches in supporting smallholder livelihoods has advanced significantly in the…

Vidya Rangan, Impacts and Evidence Senior Manager at ISEAL Alliance

February 2020

Sustainability standards’ impact on food security: what’s the evidence?

Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) are now an important mode of governance in agricultural commodity chains.…

Philip Schleifer and Yixian Sun

December 2019

Going beyond a leap of faith: what evidence could tell us

As sustainability professionals, we often ask ourselves what works: What works to address deforestation? What works to improve farmer incomes? What…

Vidya Rangan, Impacts and Evidence Senior Manager at ISEAL Alliance

November 2019

What we (don’t) know about commodity certification

Recently, the ISEAL Alliance launched a new website under the challenging title of ‘Evidensia’ that provides a comprehensive ove…

Prof. Ruerd Ruben, Policy Advisor Food Systems, Value Chains & Impact Analysis, Wageningen Economic Research, Wageningen University and Research

October 2019

Do sustainability standards impact the livelihoods of Indonesian coffee-growing households?

An international team of researchers, led by Jeff Neilson and Russell Toth from…

Jeffrey Neilson, Senior Lecturer and Programme Coordinator at The University of Sydney

September 2019

Increasing evidence on the impact of sustainability standards

As more evidence emerges it continues to highlight the importance of innovating and collaborating to have greater sustainability impact. Anyone working in the…

Vidya Rangan, Impacts and Evidence Senior Manager at ISEAL Alliance

July 2019

Food certification schemes, impact and existential questions

Trapped in an unsustainable food system Food is essential for everyone. But our global food system is not sustainable. It is not fit for purpose considering the …

Giel Ton, Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies and Director of the Centre for Development Impact.

December 2018

Beyond certification: the systemic impacts of sustainability standards

In recent years, understanding of the impacts of sustainability standards has been increasing. ISEAL…

Joshua Wickerham, Policy and Outreach Manager, ISEAL Alliance

March 2018

Are standards an effective tool to help improve production practices across sectors?

As businesses increasingly strengthen their sustainability policies in line with…

Kristin Komives, Director, Impacts, ISEAL Alliance

June 2019

What Works? We Need To Know

The world of development is full of grandiose ambitions, aspirations and language for how we are going to save the world,…

Andrew Bovarnick, Global Head of the UNDP Green Commodities Programme

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About Evidensia

  • Why Evidensia
  • Exploring Content
  • Governance
  • Partners
  • Approach and methodology
  • Contact

Evidence library

  • Evidence Library
  • Approaches & Tools
  • Issues & Outcomes
  • Sectors & Products
  • Regions & Countries
  • SDG Focus

Explore by feature

  • Evidence Library
  • Visual Summaries
  • Geographic Map
  • Knowledge Matrix

Explore by topic

  • Child rights
  • Climate change
  • Consumers and supply chains
  • Forests and other ecosystems
  • Freshwater and oceans
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Livelihoods
  • Participant costs and benefits
  • Pesticides, fertilisers, soil and antibiotics
  • Plant and wildlife conservation
  • Rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities
  • Wages and workers’ rights

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