General
Name of initiative
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Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)
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LPAA initiative
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No
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NAZCA Initiative
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No
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Website address
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https://www.sustainableagriculture.eco/
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Related initiatives
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Starting year
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1997
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End year
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Secretariat
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Sustainable Agriculture Network established legal headquarters in Mexico in January 2010, main office is based in Costa Rica.
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Organisational structure
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Permanent secretariat, Governing body,
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Geographical coverage
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Global
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Name of lead organisation
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Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)
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Type of lead organisation
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NGO/Civil Society
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Location/Nationality of lead organisation
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Mexico
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Description
Description
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The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) is a coalition of non-profit conservation organizations in America, Africa, Europe and Asia promoting the environmental and social sustainability of agricultural activities through the development of standards for best practices, certification and training for rural farmers around the world. Our vision of the world is one where agricultural activity contributes to biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods.
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Objectives
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Our mission is to be a global network transforming agriculture into a sustainable activity.
These are the SANs strategic goals:
-Effectiveness: Develop programs and systems that are effective in maximizing the sustainability of agriculture.
-Transformation: Build a critical mass to promote and support sustainable agricultural practices.
-Global reach: Combine worldwide representation and local influence to ensure that priority areas benefit from SAN.
-Institutional resilience: Strengthen and develop SAN in order to provide consistent and high quality delivery of programs.
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Activities
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To accomplish this, we help farmers to implement best practices and we develop standards for best agricultural and cattle production practices that we coordinate in a certification system.
We implement this certification system jointly with local partners in different countries and with the Rainforest Alliance global organization. Products grown on farms that comply with our standards use the Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM seal.
In September 2016, the SAN launched the 2017 Sustainable Agriculture SAN Standard. This standard is the basis of our Assurance Solutions services and of the Rainforest Alliance certification system, which is used in more than 100 crops and 50 countries.
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One or two success stories achieved
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Monitoring and Impacts
Function of initiative
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Political dialogue, Technical dialogue, Implementation
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Activity of initiative
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Awareness raising and outreach, Knowledge dissemination and exchange, Technical operational implementation (ex-post), Policy planning and recommendations
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Indicators
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Knowledge dissemination and exchange — Workshops and meetings for exchanging the knowledge
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Goals
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Comments on indicators and goals
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How will goals be achieved
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Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
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Progress towards the goals
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How are you tracking progress of your initiative
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http://www.san.ag/biblioteca/docs/SAN_RA_Impacts_Report.pdf
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Available reporting
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http://www.san.ag/biblioteca/docs/SAN_RA_Impacts_Report.pdf
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Participants
Participants
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Number
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Names
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Members
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20
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Companies
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0
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Business organisations
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0
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Research and educational organisations
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0
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Non-governmental organisations
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20
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ASK (India), CABI (United K.), Consorcio Ambiental Dominicano (Dominican Republic), CEFCA - Centre d' Etudes Formation et Conseils e Audits (Ivory Coast), FIIT - Fundación Interamericana de Investigación Tropical (Guatamala), Fundación Global Nature (Spain), Fundacion Natura Colombia (Colombia), ICADE - Instituto para a Cooperación y el Autodesarrollo (Honduras), Imaflora - Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agricola (Brazil), NatureKenya (Kenya), NEPCon (Denmark), PELUM (Uganda), Preferred by Nature (Denmark), Pronatura Sur (Mexico), Rainforest Alliance (USA), Red de Acción en Agricultura Alternativa (Peru), Rural Education and Economic Development Society (Pakistan), RSPB (United Kingdom), SalvaNatura (El Salvador), Wild Asia (Malaysia).
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National states
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0
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Governmental actors
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0
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Regional / state / county actors
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0
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City / municipal actors
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0
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Intergovernmental organisations
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0
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Financial Institutions
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0
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Faith based organisations
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0
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Other members
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0
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Supporting partners
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0
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Number of members in the years
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Have only national states as participators
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No
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Theme
Transport
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Agriculture
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Forestry
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Business
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Financial institutions
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Buildings
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Industry
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Waste
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Cities and subnational governments
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Short Term Pollutants
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International maritime transport
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Energy Supply
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Fluorinated gases
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Energy efficiency
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Renewable energy
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Supply chain emission reductions
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Adaptation
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Other
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Resilience
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Innovation
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Energy Access and Efficiency
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Private Finance
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Last update: 29 April 2022 12:17:00
Not only have national states as participators