Phuc Xuan To

A just transition to greener commodities requires more time and investment to help Global South smallholders adapt to EU regulation The authors’ organizations are among thirteen social enterprises that comprise The CASH Coalition, a collaborative initiative to make regenerative agriculture and climate action profitable for indigenous and local communities. The clock is ticking on access for small-scale farmers to lucrative European markets.

Skip to content Forests Powers of exclusion: A case study of state-led large scale rubber development in Vietnam’s north-western region View Publication Cash crop development has been instrumental for economic growth in many countries. However, this intervention has negatively affected many local communities. The global rubber boom in the early 2000s prompted the state-owned Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) to scramble for land to expand their rubber plantations.

Almost all of the forest-based commodities produced in Vietnam are destined for other countries, which through their market requirements and laws, have a growing sway on deforestation-related trends and practices. Recent studies have found that nearly 70% of the tropical deforestation related to such commodities between 2013-2019 was illegal.