500 million smallholders in the world represent the very first mile of most agricultural commodities. They bear most of the environmental and social responsibilities of their value chains: safety, carbon sequestration, human right issues, biodiversity or water preservation. In this regard, using digital tools holds the key to ensure programs can be scaled up in a cost-effective manner. Ksapa has unique expertise in the space and hereby shares some tips to ensure successful adoption of digital tools with smallholders across emerging markets.
Category Archives: Inclusion
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Understand how the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness is shaping the way we think about animal welfare.
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The administrative burden is an argument often put forward by companies and MEPs as a reason not to promote CS3D. Is this true?
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Insights and suggestions on how to ensure business adopt a robust human rights lens in understanding, addressing and mitigating social issues
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In this article we summarise a recent session we hosted on ICTforAg on how best to leverage low-tech digital solutions for agricultural transformation across developing economies bringing in perspectives from policy research, on-ground nonprofit, and a large telecom provider.
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In this blog, Ksapa discusses the key challenges in agriculture and learnings from the agricultural events held during COP 28
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Digitalization offers significant opportunities to improve the mitigation of environmental and human rights challenges in agricultural commodity supply chains. By leveraging digital technologies, stakeholders can enhance transparency, enable data-driven decision-making, empower smallholders, and promote sustainable practices throughout the supply chain.
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Insights from one of Ksapa’s programs in Sri Lanka on the building and facilitation of a multi-stakeholder coalition needed to design and deploy programs transforming the agricultural practices of smallholders in the country.
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A gender perspective applied in agricultural commodity supply chains involves considering the roles, needs, and contributions of both men and women throughout the supply chain. It recognizes that gender inequalities and differences exist, and that they can significantly impact the agricultural sector and supply chain dynamics.
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Child Labour, Corporate Social Responsiblity (CSR), Duty of Vigilance, Human Rights, Impact, Inclusion, Responsible sourcing, Smallholding Farmers, Stakeholders, Sustainability, Work Conditions
10 Principles to Design and Deploy Successful Programs Involving Smallholders to Mitigating the Environmental and Human Rights Challenges of Agricultural Commodity Supply Chains
Including the smallholder farmers perspective in agricultural project is challenging for a variety of reasons. Here are 10 principles ensuring success we have learned across our programs and experiences at Ksapa.
