Among the target audience, I think national legislators and local governments in developing countries who aim to promote the long-term benefits of a local area may be willing to adopt these guidelines. However, a barrier in practice is that the governments are lack of institutional capacity and funding to motivate and monitor the application of the guidelines by practitioners.
Furthermore, I think the guide would also be a valuable reference for the assessing criteria of two self-regulating entities: independent certification schemes for sustainable agricultural products and multilateral funds supporting projects to address environmental and social problems in agriculture activities.
Prof. Yixin Xu