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Options for setting an international standard for responsible Allanblackia. Novella Partners Meeting Ghana, November 2008. Prepared by Nancy Vallejo, Director, Pi. Presented by Kristy Faccer. Content. The Allanblackia Process The Need for an International Standard - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Options for setting an international standard
for responsible AllanblackiaNovella Partners Meeting
Ghana, November 2008
Prepared by Nancy Vallejo, Director, Pi
Presented by Kristy Faccer
Content
• The Allanblackia Process• The Need for an International Standard• Core Elements and Purpose• Existing Standards• Potential Partners• Recommended Next Steps
AB Process
• Establishment of the Novella Partnership and promotion of AB NTFP– Use of potential economic benefits to
contribute to poverty alleviation, sustainable use and equitable benefit sharing throughout supply chains
– Initial focus in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania– Wild collection
AB Process
• Acceptance of AB as Novel food in EU– Upscale of project to
• Liberia, Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo
• Domestication and farming (small and medium size plantations
Need for mechanisms to ensure that the enlargement is framed by sustainability practices and that good practices are recognized and encouraged by the market
Core elements
• Internationally credible– Follow WTO requirements– Follow ISEAL code of good practice
• Applicable throughout supply chains– Conservation and sustainable use of BD– Fair and equitable benefits of risks and
benefits– Traceability and transparent business
practices
• Participation in poverty alleviation
Shape depends on purpose
• Promoting better practices– Code is enough but does not allow credible
communication
• Demonstration of achievements or progress to customers– B2B declarations backed by a verifiable standard and a
robust verification mechanism
• On product declarations– Certification (more complex & rigid than verification)– Strict mechanisms for managing claims– Applicable if final product contains a substantial amount
of AB• Not really credible to put a label if a the portion of a product
that contains AB is small, even if all the AB is certified
Do existing standards cover AB needs?
• Comparison of AB needs with 6 standards– Chosen for “philosophical” similarity with AB– FSC, UEBT, FairWild, SAN, FLO, IFOAM
• No single standard covers all of AB– Need to develop a new one, but– Developing a new scheme is a daunting task
Explore possibility to develop a specific application to AB of an existing standard
Standard comparison
Choosing a partner organization
• The Development of a specific application of an existing standard to AB, and using the verification system going with the standard, implies to partner with the organization owning the standard and the verification system
• Criteria for identifying potential partners
Criteria FSC BioTrade FairWild SAN FLO IFOAM Standard compatibility
High Very high Very low Moderate Moderate Low
Allanblackia product incorporation
High Very high Very low Moderate Low Low
Suitability for small producers
High High0 High Moderate High Moderate
Standard requires implementation along the supply chain1
No Yes No Yes2 No Yes3
Transparent multi-stakeholder mechanism for standardization
High Very high No High4 High High
Progressive implementation
No5 Yes No No Yes6 Yes
Experience in designing technical assistance packages for producers
High7 Low8 No information
High High high
Claims Certificate and label
B2B (no on-product claims)
Certificate and label
Certificate and label
Certificate and label
Certificate and label
0 In theory very high, but still have to demonstrate it in practice 1 see description of organizations above 2 covered up stream from the farm only 3 for certain aspects 4 for the revision of its standard SAN is using the same mechanism as BioTrade did and will be rated very high once the new standard is published 5 packages have been developed by external organizations, but this is not part of the scheme itself 6 entrance condition nearly a the level of maximum requirements thus no differentiation in claims 7 notably through external initiatives 8 As new organization no, but as it is an offspring of the UNCTAD BioTrade Facilitation Programme, numerous packages have been developed
Recommended potential partners
• FSC– Pro:
• Deals with wild collection and plantations• Process for local adaptation and sector specific
application• Well established and recognized label
– Con:• Stringent certification approach• Little flexibility particularly for small scale• Slow administrative process• Not applicable throughout supply chains
Recommended potential partners
• UEBT– Pro:
• Deals with wild collection and plantations• Process for local adaptation and sector specific
application• Flexible verification approach based on gradual
implementation• Supply chain management approach• Works with both FSC and SAN auditors and creates
bridges with them
– Con• New organization (not widely known yet)• No on-product claim, thus less visible to consumers as a
differentiation mechanism
Recommended potential partners
• SAN (less applicable)– Pro:
• Well established and recognized label• Specialised in agriculture
– Applicable at farm level
– Con• Does not address wild collection• No well established process for local adaptation• Not applicable throughout supply chains
Recommended next steps (1)
1. Organize a partner’s workshop to discuss:
– The report and its recommendations – next steps– identify whether the flexible B2B or the visible
certification approaches is desirable– timeframe
2. Get in a dialogue and preliminary exploration for a potential partnership with the scheme(s) that the Novella Africa partners have identified as suitable
Recommended next steps (2)
3. If this preliminary exploration is not positive, start develop own standard for AB
4. If it is positive, with one or several of the chosen schemes, explore the possibilities and proposals for developing a sector specific application– that builds upon and reflects the objectives,
core elements, values and current guidelines
Recommended next steps (3)
5. If the implementation of the choice becomes too complicated, revisit the decision – i.e. start develop own standard, as per point 3.
above)
6.Evaluate the services provided by the applied solution:– flexibility, – robustness of verification– sustainable development on the ground and – forest conservation
Recommended next steps (4)
7.Develop either sector specific application within a chosen scheme or own standard as per point 3 above
Thanks!