Introduction to landscape or jurisdictional initiatives in commodity agriculture

Companies, governments and NGOs are recognizing that implementing commitments to responsible sourcing and production in commodity agriculture is complex and that working with individual producers in individual supply chains is not always effective. Landscape or jurisdictional initiatives are emerging as ways of achieving various objectives – including responsible production of agricultural and forest commodities – at a larger scale.

Support for these approaches is growing fast, but it is sometimes unclear what these initiatives are and how they can transform commodity supply chains.

This briefing introduces the concept of landscape or jurisdictional initiatives and describes some of the approaches that are underway.

Download: Introduction to landscape or jurisdictional initiatives in commodity agriculture [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE] | [INDONESIAN] | [FRENCH]

This document is part of a series of briefing notes about responsible sourcing and production. Download the other briefing notes below. 

• 1 Delivering responsible sourcing in practice: an integrated approach [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE] | [INDONESIAN] | [FRENCH]
• 3 Implementing responsible sourcing – using landscape or jurisdictional initiatives [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE] | [INDONESIAN] | [FRENCH]
• 4 Building on legality [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE] | [INDONESIAN] | [FRENCH]
• 5 Smallholder engagement [ENGLISH] | [PORTUGUESE]
• 6 Geospatial risk assessment and 'no deforestation' commitments [ENGLISH]
• 7 The High Carbon Stock Approach: an update [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [INDONESIAN] | [FRENCH]
• 8 Responsible sourcing in practice: supplier engagement [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE]
• 9 Socio-environmental monitoring of the cattle sector in Brazil [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE]
• 10 Delivering company commitments to zero deforestation commodity supply chains [ENGLISH] | [PORTUGUESE] | [FRENCH]
• 11 Practical assessment and monitoring of forest biodiversity [ENGLISH] 
• 12 Accelerating implementation of responsible sourcing commitments: A Framework for Progress to 2020 and Beyond [ENGLISH] | [PORTUGUESE]
• 13 Agricultural Commodity Responsible Sourcing (ACRES): taking action within and beyond supply chains [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE]