Making Agricultural Trade Sustainable

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MATS is a 3.5 year duration project. The consortium comprises 14 partners with a wide spectrum of expertise and competences, substantial and longstanding experiences, and wide geographical spread in Europe and Africa.

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MATS aims to identify key leverage points for changes in agricultural trade policy that foster the positive and reduce the negative impacts of trade on sustainable development and human rights.

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MATS develops and pilots new tools for a systemic analysis, and assessment, of the interactions between agricultural trade, investments, sustainability and development. Learn More

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The EU funded MATS project identifies key leverage points for fostering the positive and reducing the negative SD impacts of agri-food trade.

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hlpe_cfs HLPE-FSN @hlpe_cfs ·
10 Apr

The planet and humanity are in trouble.
We are racing towards environmental and social catastrophe, yet we know how to do things better.

Read more in the 🆕 @UN_CFS HLPE-FSN blog by @WilliamGMoseley about the @CGIAR & @umontpellier process📰⤵️

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trade_eu EU Trade 🇪🇺 @trade_eu ·
10 Apr

📅🌏 Mark your calendars for April 25 for our Net-Zero By 2050: The Role of Export Finance conference.

Join us for a discussion on how to phase out export credit support for fossil fuels projects and building future-proof strategies.

Register now: https://gopapace.eventsair.com/high-level-conference-net-zero-by-2050-the-role-of-export-finance/exportcredit/Site/Register

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wto WTO @wto ·
4 Apr

🆕edition of @AMISoutlook is online! (Market info on #rice, #wheat, #maize, #soybean) 🌾

📣The easing of maize and wheat export prices is helping to mitigate the rising freight and insurance costs associated with shipping disruptions.

More: https://shorturl.at/emqX4 @FAO #WTOAg

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iisd_elp IISD Economic Policy @iisd_elp ·
26 Mar

Achieving food security is dependent on a shift towards #SustainableAgriculture—but an estimated USD 260 billion investment gap exists currently for #SDG zero hunger target. Sustainability standards can help achieve this goal. Read how: https://bit.ly/Agstandards

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mats_h2020 Making Agricultural Trade Sustainable @mats_h2020 ·
26 Mar

"In the presence of externalities, we enter the world of the second best where removing the distortion of trade barriers is no longer guaranteed to improve welfare". A good read by Kathy Baylis, Thomas Heckelei, and Thomas W. Hertel: https://go.shr.lc/3xdTU8z

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