Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes

The rapid expansion of commodity agriculture in tropical forest landscapes is a key driver of deforestation. To meet the growing demand from a more prosperous and expanding global population, it is imperative to develop sustainable commodity supply chains that support higher agricultural productivit...

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Main Authors: Newton, Peter, Agrawal, Arun, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29099
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Wollenberg, Eva Karoline
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description The rapid expansion of commodity agriculture in tropical forest landscapes is a key driver of deforestation. To meet the growing demand from a more prosperous and expanding global population, it is imperative to develop sustainable commodity supply chains that support higher agricultural productivity, and that enable improved environmental, economic, and social outcomes. Interventions by community, market, and state actors can enhance the sustainability of supply chains by affecting where and how agricultural production occurs. These interventions—in the form of novel or moderated institutions and policies, incentives, or information—can influence producers directly or achieve their impacts indirectly by influencing consumer, retailer, and processor decisions. Global datasets were used to document the trends in deforestation and commodity agriculture production and a framework was developed to facilitate analyses of commodity supply chains across multiple interventions, commodities, and countries. The framework can be used to compare and explain the impacts of different types of supply chain interventions. The paper demonstrates how the framework can be used by generating hypotheses about decisions and choices of different actors and likely effects on commodity agriculture expansion.
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spelling CGSpace290992025-12-10T12:46:37Z Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes Newton, Peter Agrawal, Arun Wollenberg, Eva Karoline agriculture global warming tropical forests deforestation greenhouse gases sustainability emission The rapid expansion of commodity agriculture in tropical forest landscapes is a key driver of deforestation. To meet the growing demand from a more prosperous and expanding global population, it is imperative to develop sustainable commodity supply chains that support higher agricultural productivity, and that enable improved environmental, economic, and social outcomes. Interventions by community, market, and state actors can enhance the sustainability of supply chains by affecting where and how agricultural production occurs. These interventions—in the form of novel or moderated institutions and policies, incentives, or information—can influence producers directly or achieve their impacts indirectly by influencing consumer, retailer, and processor decisions. Global datasets were used to document the trends in deforestation and commodity agriculture production and a framework was developed to facilitate analyses of commodity supply chains across multiple interventions, commodities, and countries. The framework can be used to compare and explain the impacts of different types of supply chain interventions. The paper demonstrates how the framework can be used by generating hypotheses about decisions and choices of different actors and likely effects on commodity agriculture expansion. 2013-05 2013-06-10T18:52:08Z 2013-06-10T18:52:08Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29099 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Newton P, Agrawal A, Wollenberg L. 2013. Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes. CAPRi Working Paper No. 110. Washington DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29099
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global warming
tropical forests
deforestation
greenhouse gases
sustainability
emission
Newton, Peter
Agrawal, Arun
Wollenberg, Eva Karoline
Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes
title Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes
title_full Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes
title_fullStr Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes
title_full_unstemmed Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes
title_short Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes
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topic agriculture
global warming
tropical forests
deforestation
greenhouse gases
sustainability
emission
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29099
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