Articles and thought leadership from the Evidensia knowledge base
July 2022
From declarations by global leaders at the COP26 climate talks to the forthcoming ‘Paris a…
Leah Samberg, Accountability Framework Initiative
May 2022
This article was originally published on the Business Fights Poverty website. Work is often lauded as the most important route out of poverty. There is little…
Business Fights Poverty, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, and Harvard Kennedy School.
Business and nature are inextricably connected. Most businesses depend on biodiversity, either directly…
Dr Pamela Katic, Senior Social Scientist, Natural Resources Institute
March 2022
In the debate on strategies for improving the position of cocoa smallholders in West Africa, several studies focus on methods of poverty reduction by looking at various…
Prof. Ruerd Ruben, Wageningen Univesity and Research
February 2022
75% or more cocoa farming households do not earn a living income - the income gap is 4,000 USD or more for the poorest farmers which cannot be…
Yuca Waarts, Wageningen University and Research
December 2021
There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmer families globally, many of whom make up a large portion…
Sara Elder, Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
October 2021
For too long, the way we produce and consume products has unintentionally…
Sally Millet, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Food system transformation requires simultaneous changes in the consumption, production, markets, policies and governance. The main…
Ruerd Ruben, Professor (emeritus) Impact Assessment of Food Systems at Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
September 2021
The World Benchmarking Alliance’s (WBA’s) first ever Food and Agriculture Benchmark measures and ranks 350 of the world’s most influ…
Viktoria de Bourbon de Parme, Food Transformation Lead at the World Benchmarking Alliance
July 2021
Global sustainability challenges are complex problems. These problems cannot be solved by any one a…
Sheila Senathirajah, Senior Manager, Innovations, ISEAL
Sustainable sector transformation. Why is it important, what is it and how can you achieve it?…
Jan Willem Molenaar and Jan Joost Kessler, Aidenvironment
The Food Systems Summit, coming up in September this year, is triggering an unprecedented wave of creativity and initiatives to transform…
Andrew Bovarnick, Global Head, Food and Agricultural Commodity Systems; Nature, Climate & Energy at UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)
