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This is a podcast series for professionals working in the agribusiness industry that seek insights in sustainable value chain development. Together with our partners we dive into our work and share cross-sector learnings and best practices. We reflect on innovative business models related to topics as inclusive finance and gender equality.
IDH convenes public-private partnerships, co-invests, constructs innovative pilots, and stimulates sustainable production and trade to create systemic change at scale.
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Seafood MAP: How GSSI is supporting non-certified seafood producers to accelerate their performance from 2021-10-01T13:14:04
Seafood MAP is a globally inclusive digital platform to compile, accelerate, and improve all fisheries and aquaculture efforts on the pathway to sustainability. In this podcast, both Angel Matamoro...
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Monitoring responsible soy through collaboration from 2021-07-08T08:09:20
Slowly but surely, European commitments for using responsible and conversion-free soy are becoming concrete, as we can see in the 3rd European Soy Monitor that was recently launched. But what does ...
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Eosta & IDH on Securing Living Wages from 2021-06-11T13:40:29
In April of this year, 2021, 12 companies came together in a call to action to help eradicate poverty through a commitment to build a living wage economy together. IDH is working to secure living w...
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Traceability as a tool towards deforestation-free cocoa from 2020-12-08T08:30:48
The discussions you will hear in this podcast were all part of a learning event on cocoa traceability organized in October 2020 by Beyond Chocolate. Beyond Chocolate is a partnership for a more sus...
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27 - Reflections of Joost Oorthuizen on IDH from 2020-10-06T09:26:17
27 - Reflections of Joost Oorthuizen on IDH by IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative
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26 - Green Recovery in the Land Use Sector from 2020-09-28T11:33:56
In this podcast Nienke Stam, Program Director of Landscape Finance at IDH; Bambi Semroc, Vice President for the Centre for Sustainable Lands and Waters at Conservation International and John Buchan...
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25 - Avoiding diseases in aquaculture as a sustainability tool from 2020-08-28T10:18:16
In this podcast Flavio Corsin, IDH director of Aquaculture, talks about the importance of avoiding diseases in aquaculture as a sustainability tool. Disease outbreaks can cause major fish mortality...
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24 - Building strong value chains in Africa from 2020-07-28T07:58:13
IDH’s Grown Sustainably in Africa (GSA) program works with international brands to strengthen and develop their supply base on the African continent, while empowering SMEs in Africa to enhance thei...
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23 - Digital finance solutions for agricultural supply chains during COVID-19 from 2020-05-26T15:52:02
In this podcast we will explore digital finance solutions for agricultural supply chains in the current COVID-19 crisis. IDH Farmfit’s Kaushik Ramakrishnan is joined by Ad Rietberg and Faith Mulwa ...
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22 - Farmer finance as a new asset class from 2020-02-25T17:58:49
In this podcast Roel Messie, IDH's Chief Investment Officer is joined by Catalina Eikenberg and Carolin Ehrensperger from Neumann Kaffee Gruppe, the world's leading green coffee service group. They...
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21 - Reflecting on 4 highlights of our work in 2019 from 2020-01-29T13:12:07
To kick off 2020, in this podcast we’ll take a look back at 2019. What are some of the highlights of our work from across the globe and in different industries? And of course, where are we going in...
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20 - Reflections on 1 year Beyond Chocolate from 2019-12-19T11:05:06
Beyond Chocolate celebrated its 1 year anniversary on December 5. The Belgian industry wide commitment works towards ending deforestation and realizing living incomes in cocoa in 2030. We hear from...
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19 - Closing the living wage gap: the ‘banana retail commitment’ from 2019-11-27T10:46:12
This month we are talking about the first nation-wide commitment from retailers to close the living wage gap in the banana supply chain. You'll hear from Cindy Verhoeven from Superunie, a buying co...
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18 - On World Food Day let's put the farmer household at the center from 2019-10-16T10:07:50
On this World Food Day we put the farmer household at the centerl! Because despite most of the world’s food being grown by smallholder farmers, they also account for around half of the most underno...
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17 - The chocolate bar that is a pioneer for green investments from 2019-10-10T09:09:15
A brand new chocolate bar from Ransiki sub-district in West-Papua, Indonesia, is one of the pioneers for green investment in the area. The cocoa is sustainably grown in Ransiki and the chocolate ba...
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16 - How farm-data commercialization is good for farmers from 2019-09-09T08:11:19
Today we are going to talk about the world of data and agriculture. Data is very valuable as it can greatly improve farm management. Sharing these data insights helps cross-learning between busines...
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15 - Value Chain Development in Africa from 2019-03-27T15:36:56
In this month's podcast we hear from Kebba Colley, Director Inclusive Business Development at IDH. Kebba works on Agricultural Value Chain Development in Africa, both with African SMEs and global b...
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14 - From agroforestry to access to finance: Challenges and solutions in cocoa production from 2019-02-28T12:32:16
In this month's episode we talk to Jonas Mva Mva, IDH's Cocoa Program Director to learn more about some of the issues in the Cocoa sector and how IDH and partners are working together to address th...
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13 - Finding the common ground within multi-stakeholder programs from 2019-01-28T00:00
In this month's episode we hear from Richard Fairburn who shares his personal experience and lessons learned as senior advisor in many of IDH's programs. What conditions are important for a good an...
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12 - The Art of Collaborative Transformation from 2018-12-19T16:53:25
We are in the business of wicked problems: to make change within the complexity of international trade. The question is: how do we do that? In our newly published book Collaborative Transformation ...
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11 - Farmfit Business Support and Fund from 2018-11-28T10:49:49
IDH launched together with the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation and DIFD, and with the Rabobank, JDE, Unilever, Mondelez, USAid and the Dutch government respectively the 30M USD IDH Farmfit Business...
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9 - Why a gender approach is good for farmers, business and the sector as a whole from 2018-09-26T14:32:26
How is maternity leave on the farm level connected to a favorable position in the international market?
In this month's podcast we share learnings and best practices on applying a gender a...
8 - Cassava, the 'insurance crop' for improving livelihoods from 2018-05-25T12:50:45
Cassava, an edible root, is also known as the ‘insurance crop’ because it thrives in infertile soil and feeds millions of households all over Africa. But it also has major industrial potential as i...
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7 - Indonesia: Forest protection through sustainable livelihoods from 2018-04-17T12:24:15
In Padang Tikar village, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, a 'village forest' scheme is supporting communities to both protect their forest and increase their income by engaging in sustainable livelihood...
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6 - Gender: it is there when working with smallholder farmers and workers from 2018-03-26T14:16:47
Gender compared to our other impact themes is a difficult topic to address, as it is a topic close to culture. We have rightfully agreed globally that there should be gender equality and gender equ...
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5 - Data to the rescue in Aquaculture from 2018-02-27T08:05:06
In this month's podcast, we hear from Flavio Corsin, Program Director for Aquaculture. He sheds light on how IDH works with its partners to address the two biggest issues facing the sector today, d...
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4 - Water Pricing in Vietnam from 2018-01-29T14:33:50
Putting a price on water is a delicate business, especially when it involves smallholder farmers. Yet, in parts of the world where water scarcity and droughts become more frequent, policy makers ar...
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3 - Sustainable Vanilla Initiative from 2017-12-20T14:49:09
Jan Gilhuis, Senior Program Manager in the IDH Fresh & Ingredients Program, and Don Seville, Co-director of the Sustainable Food Lab, discuss the Sustainable Vanilla Initiative. Hear about the moti...
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2 - Cocoa and Forests Initiative from 2017-11-30T08:06:44
Governments and cocoa companies have signed a framework for action to end deforestation in cocoa. Hear more about this from IDH's Senior Manager Learning and Innovation, Violaine Berger, who works ...
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1 - Daan Wensing on Production, Protection and Inclusion in Brazil from 2017-10-31T09:16:24
1 - Daan Wensing on Production, Protection and Inclusion in Brazil by IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative
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Episode 3: Assessing IDH contribution to public good impact from 2017-09-07T08:22:37
This podcast is taken from the webinar on impact research hosted by IDH on September 5th 2017. It provides insight into the research methodology on evaluating IDH's contribution to public good impa...
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Episode 2: ICT Solutions For Service Supply To Farmers from 2017-08-17T13:49:51
Episode 2: ICT Solutions For Service Supply To Farmers by IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative
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Episode 1: Diversification Of Service Supply To Farmers from 2017-05-29T13:42:41
Episode 1: Diversification Of Service Supply To Farmers by IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative
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