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Sustainable beef certification scheme supported by research on low-emission technologies, monitoring more than 60,000 ha for beef production and forest conservation in Colombia

Aiming at generating impact in low carbon livestock production, CIAT-CCAFS and Climate Focus created a technical and financial assistance center in Colombia (GANSO). GANSO developed a certification scheme that is now in place for sustainable beef production. The largest retailer in Colombia (Exito)...

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Autor principal: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2020
Materias:
livestock
research
climate
production
monitoring
carbon
management
prices
emission
livestock production
certification
forest conservation
consumers
beef
colombia
products
farmers
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121425
Sumario:Aiming at generating impact in low carbon livestock production, CIAT-CCAFS and Climate Focus created a technical and financial assistance center in Colombia (GANSO). GANSO developed a certification scheme that is now in place for sustainable beef production. The largest retailer in Colombia (Exito) already adopted it and started selling through its channels, facilitating market-based climate action. Consumers pay premium prices for certified-GANSO products and Exito pays a bonus to the farmer for producing beef with environmental, social and animal-management pillars

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