Insights

Impact assessments are not for the faint of heart! COSA’s research team shared their recent impact evaluation experiences while focusing on the particular challenges inherent to measuring sustainability impacts.

Elena Serfilippi, COSA’s Coordinator for Resilience Research, answers the three most commonly asked questions about measuring resilience.

COSA’s Vivek Voora explains how measuring the resilience of cotton farming operations provides a starting point to take the necessary and appropriate steps for farmers to effectively adapt to change.

COSA’s President comments on the many 2020 sustainability goals […]

Work towards a common set of indicators and metrics for tea progresses […]

In response to the recent Berlin Declaration, COSA points to the Producer Organization Diagnostic as a way to get data back to farmers […]

Producer organizations are powerful interveners for farmers. Producer organizations that work smarter not only understand and serve their members better, they also provide the vital traceability and transparency data that today’s responsible sourcing demands. […]

With greater scrutiny on every dollar spent, governments are increasingly interested in monitoring the effectiveness and efficiency of their rural programs. The Mexican Agriculture Ministry’s (SAGARPA) recent implementation of SMART real-time monitoring is […]

Sounds easy but it is rarely done well. “If you want results, then it is vital to have a demand-driven approach” notes COSA’s Research Coordinator for Latin America, Carlos de los Ríos […]

What is the tinder that can spark widespread social movements that shift power from the few to the many? […]