This chapter reviews the growing body of work on reducing gender-based barriers to value
chain development. It highlights key questions that are emerging within the gender and …

Food is increasingly traded internationally, thereby transforming the organization of food
production and consumption globally and influencing most food-related practices. This …

Sustainability commitments by private sector actors are emerging as interventions to help
reduce global deforestation. Much attention is placed on the forest conservation impact of …

Whereas hundreds of social movements and NGOs all over the world have embraced the
concept of food sovereignty, not many public authorities at the national and international …

The significance of private standards and associated local level initiatives in agri-food value
chains are increasingly recognised. However whilst issues related to compliance and impact …

In urban centres of Mozambique, charcoal is the major energy source for cooking. Growing
demand drives high wood extraction rates over increasing areas of miombo and mopane …

This paper integrates aspects of global value chain and sustainable rural livelihoods
analyses in an exploration of the local impacts of agri‐food globalization in Chile. In …

Retaining revenue generated by tourism within a local economy is an important issue in
tourism development, especially in developing countries where tourism is used as a tool for …

This article reviews the research literature on gender relations in global agri-food value
chains. The main focus is on the production side in countries of the Global South, with most …

Commercialization of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) has been one of the strategies in
addressing rural poverty and forest degradation. This strategy has been explored on the …