Read the publication here: Labelling and certification schemes for Indigenous Peoples' foods: Generating income while protecting and promoting Indigenous Peoples’ values This review, for the first time to date, analyses the potential of labelling and certification schemes for Indigenous Peoples to market their food products. Specifically, it looks at those schemes that are designed by, with and for Indigenous Peoples, and that can provide economic, social and environmental benefits while protecting and promoting their unique values centered around the respect of life and Mother Earth.   Eleven examples in this review cover innovative schemes implemented by Indigenous Peoples and practitioners in...

Join us for a book launch of the new publication: Labelling and certification schemes for Indigenous Peoples’ foods - Generating income while protecting and promoting Indigenous Peoples’ values 12 September 2022, 11:00 am CEST Language: English only Register here

Friday, 16 September 2022 | 12:00 – 13:30 CEST Hybrid format: King Faisal Room, FAO HQ and Zoom Register here: https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A8d68wnDQs-3G422rJpmXgMany family farmers face unfavorable terms in the market and value chains, as well as various degrees of asymmetric negotiations with intermediaries responsible for transport, distribution and sales, which burdens different groups of rural producers. In this search of new ways to engage with the market, labelling and certification schemes are some of the solutions to empower family farmers and Indigenous Peoples’ food systems in striving for a more systemic market access. In the context of...

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