Steps Toward Green

Widespread environmental degradation is undermining explosive commodity growth in Asia. Agriculture Green Growth is a practical solution, but what is it exactly? Agriculture Green Growth (AGG) is an investment framework that addresses the challenge of producing more food in ways that sustain the full range of products and ecosystem services required from finite land and water […]

Environmental issues are like a knot of tangled yarn. Within any given land area, there are many interconnections—between a country’s history, the area’s socio-political climate, its economic developments, the residing communities and their associated cultures, and regional and international interests—that all impact how natural resources (terrestrial and aquatic) are managed. As what happens when one […]

Produced by EcoAgriculture Partners, The World Bank and Clarmondial, this brief spells out strategies for East and Southeast Asian policymakers looking to “green” the production of export commodity crops.

Steps Toward Green examined six commodity landscapes in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines to illuminate lessons and opportunities for the design of agricultural policies that support agriculture green growth. These briefs highlight the key lessons from each landscape.

Increasing awareness, support, and adoption of biodiversity-friendly BMPs across agricultural commodity value chains represents an important mechanism for conserving biodiversity globally. By focusing on biodiversity as an essential dimension of sustainability, agricultural value chain actors can more comprehensively account for and manage the complex and interconnected challenges they face.