Companies are facing potential shortages of raw materials, a fall in crop quality and challenges around security of supply because of an emerging pollination deficit. A new research confirms the pollination deficit and SAN reiterates that the only way to overcome this serious situation is the implementation of pollinator-friendly practices in agriculture.
Read MoreWe begin our series of podcasts called "Sustainability Dialogues" with an interview with Tannis Thorlakson, a PhD student in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment & Resources (E-IPER) at the Stanford School of Earth Sciences.
Read MoreSAN and IPPC have joined an extensive collaborative effort to contribute to the stop of one of the main pest outbreaks affecting humanity nowadays: the Fall Armyworm attacking African maize fields.
Read MoreSAN celebrates and supports the adoption of the first binding regional agreement to protect the rights of access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters.
Read More“Which Pesticide?” will be a mobile App designed to support a significant reduction of pesticide use and risks. In its first stage it will be available for Brazil, Colombia, India, Mexico and South Africa.
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, I shared a conversation I had with the sustainability director of a major fruit and veg company, in which he stated that they were now receiving 15 different audits/year and spending more time on those than on improving their farms.
Read MoreThis post is the first of several from me and my colleagues at SAN on how certification can evolve, based on our experience with different schemes over the years. The series is meant to support further reflections on how to improve these initiatives.
Read MoreSAN is leading a project to develop a new methodology and an improved assessment of vulnerability and detection of forced labour in agricultural supply chains that can be implemented by standard systems and wider organizations.
Read MoreThe Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) is now a member of FONAP, the Forum Nachhaltiges Palmöl (German Forum on Sustainable Palm Oil) within other 50 organizations and companies.
Read MoreThe Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) and other eight international sustainability organizations launched www.ipm-coalition.org, an online pesticide database available to farmers for free to support them in eliminating the use of highly hazardous pesticides.
Read MoreWhile stopping deforestation and new peat conversion is definitely part of the sustainability challenge for oil palm, who is working on an exit strategy from the millions of hectares of peatland already converted?
Read MoreSAN and OSU will jointly develop science-based tools and programs for integrated pest management and pesticide risk management, founded upon ecological principles.
Read MoreIn early 2017, SAN decided that it was going to stop working with certification in agriculture. It was actually a fairly easy and straightforward decision. After working with this tool for over 20 years, we could look back and conclude that certification was not the best approach to improve the sustainability of most farmers in the world.
Read MoreWe hear a lot about saving and conserving water. Sustainable Development Goal 6 aims to “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water...” since “More than 2 billion people globally are living in countries with excess water stress, defined as the ratio of total freshwater withdrawn to total renewable freshwater resources above a threshold of 25 per cent”
Read MoreOn August 31, 2017, the Rainforest Alliance and the Sustainable Agriculture Network signed an agreement for the transfer of ownership of the shared RA/SAN certification system entirely to the Rainforest Alliance.
Read MoreIn September 2016, the SAN launched the 2017 Sustainable Agriculture SAN Standard. This standard is the basis of our Assurance Solutions services and of the the Rainforest Alliance certification system, which is used in more than 100 crops and 50 countries.
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