| dc.contributor | Economy Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Global | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-09T07:35:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-09T07:35:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/32692 | |
| dc.description | Papers presented: Nexus between public and private food standards: main issues and perspectives; Objectives and challenges of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards – the emerging Intergovernmental Forum of Dialogue on Voluntary Sustainability Standards, a joint initiative of FAO, ITC, UNCTAD, UNEP and UNIDO; Lessons from the past and the emergence of international guidelines on sustainability of assessment of food and agriculture systems; Common metrics of sustainable food systems: issues and current developments in the livestock sector, with reference to the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) partnership; Lessons learned from field projects on voluntary standards: synthesis of results; Stories behind quality labels around the Mediterranean countries; Voluntary standards: impacting smallholders’ market participation; Geographical indication as a tool for sustainable food systems: importance of a territorial approach; FAO’s strategic vision to engage with the private sector; Development and use of FAO guidelines of ecolabelling of fish and aquaculture certification; Survey on (private) voluntary standards in the livestock sector; Sustainable nutrition and consumer communication; PDOs’ role in reassuring consumers: the “Parmigiano Reggiano; Signs to choose: voluntary standards and ecolabels as information tools for consumers; Role of voluntary sustainability standards in South–South food commodity supply chains: the case of the sustainable rice platform; Ongoing experiences in Costa Rica: the Ecological Blue Flag Program; Voluntary standards for sustainable food systems: the role of public procurement; and Roles of public actors in the voluntary standards. | en_US |
| dc.format | Text | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.subject | FOOD STANDARDS | en_US |
| dc.subject | AGRICULTURAL STANDARDS | en_US |
| dc.subject | LIVESTOCK | en_US |
| dc.subject | PRODUCT QUALITY | en_US |
| dc.subject | LABELLING | en_US |
| dc.subject | PRIVATE SECTOR | en_US |
| dc.subject | AQUACULTURE | en_US |
| dc.subject | ECOLABELLING | en_US |
| dc.subject | CONSUMERS | en_US |
| dc.subject | SOUTH-SOUTH RELATIONS | en_US |
| dc.subject | SUPPLY AND DEMAND | en_US |
| dc.subject | COSTA RICA | en_US |
| dc.title | Voluntary Standards for Sustainable Food Systems: Challenges and Opportunities - A Workshop of the FAO/UNEP Programme on Sustainable Food Systems, 11–12 June 2013 | en_US |
| dc.type | Reports and Books | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 2 - No Hunger | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production | en_US |
| wd.tags | Agriculture | en_US |
| wd.topics | Cities and lifestyles | en_US |
| wd.topics | Energy | en_US |
| wd.topics | Green economy | en_US |
| wd.topics | Resource efficiency | en_US |
| wd.identifier.pagesnumber | 242 p. | en_US |
