Can digital value chain tracing drive the sustainability transition? A closer look at Peruvian cocoa
| dc.creator | Steinke, Jonathan | |
| dc.creator | Ivanova, Yovita | |
| dc.creator | Jones, Sarah | |
| dc.creator | Minh, Thai Thi | |
| dc.creator | Sanchez Bogado, Andrea Cecilia | |
| dc.creator | Sánchez Choy, José G. | |
| dc.creator | Mockshell, Jonathan | |
| dc.date | 2023-07 | |
| dc.date | 2023-08-08T10:08:55Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-08-08T10:08:55Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T13:37:21Z | |
| dc.description | Key messages: - Growing consumer demand for agri-food commodities grown under responsible social and environmental conditions creates financial incentives for the private sector transition towards sustainable sourcing. - Verifying farming sustainability is challenging in smallholder context due to complex supply chains. But novel digital technologies allow tracing commodities back to farms of origin, enabling increased transparency on farm-level practices. - Implementing digital traceability systems requires commitments by various value chain players, so financial gains from higher market demand must be shared equitably. - Given limited external supervision, careful choice of sustainability metrics is important to ensure data accuracy and to limit opportunities for fraud. - Setting up tracing systems may require investments in farmers’ digital capacity and co-design of user-friendly interfaces. Where increased consumer demand does not cover costs, public payments for ecosystem services can uphold incentives for farmers’ sustainability transition. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131501 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/65158 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.rights | Open Access | |
| dc.source | Steinke, J.; Ivanova, Y.; Jones, S.; Minh, T.T.; Sanchez Bogado, A.C.; Sanchez Choy Sanchez, J.G.; Mockshell, J. (2023) Can digital value chain tracing drive the sustainability transition? A closer look at Peruvian cocoa. 4 p. | |
| dc.subject | sustainability | |
| dc.subject | digital agriculture | |
| dc.subject | blockchain technology | |
| dc.subject | cocoa industry | |
| dc.subject | traceability | |
| dc.subject | value chains | |
| dc.subject | smallholders-smallholder farmers | |
| dc.subject | agroecology | |
| dc.title | Can digital value chain tracing drive the sustainability transition? A closer look at Peruvian cocoa | |
| dc.type | Brief |