ICCO Alliance focuses on several product chains for its international market programme:

• Cotton 
• Fruit
• Timber
• Non-Timber Forest Products
• and one new chain to be defined (?)
•  

Certification is an issue for all of these chains, in our efforts to sustainably raise livelihoods of producers at the grassroots level.

Marije Rhebergen produced an overview of certification systems and codes of conduct.

Codes en Certificering ICCO 260607.doc 

fair trade platform

An overview is also given on this portal. Any comments on this portal are most welcome and should be sent directly to info@fairmatchsupport.nl.

Furthermore we are exploring possibilities for local or participartory guarantee systems. Marije presented this paper last Junefor the SFED department of ICCO:

Participatieve Garantie Systemen MercadDREO.doc

Interesting links for a value chain perspective on cotton:

Organic Exchange

Organic Cotton Competence Center (Helvetas)

 Programa Proposal Brasil

Contract farming documents prepared in cooperation with EVD and WUR-LEI:

Contract Farming Checklist, A tool for reflection on critical issues in contract farming arrangements in developing countries.

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