Case Studies Overview

The following table provides a summary overview of all 15 MATS case studies, with hyperlinks to the detailed case description and lead partners. If you are interested in finding out how the key actors and stakeholders that we identified may use this case study information and the forthcoming case study analysis work, please consult the following links:

Number	Topic	Key aspects	Geographical focus	Leading partner(s)
1.	Reducing poverty among smallholder farmers through enhanced trade regimes and value chains for coffee in Uganda and Tanzania	Improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers through trade and food value chains; localisation of food systems, strengthening of territorial markets	Uganda, Tanzania	University of Helsinki with Moshi Co-operative University and Makerere University
2.	Intra-EU trade, resilience and social sustainability: the case of the oats value chain in the Nordics	Resilience of trade-dependent food value chains in the context of intra-EU agri-food trade and social sustainability; sustainability and equity	Finland, Sweden, EU	University of Helsinki
3.	Trade, sustainability and environmental linkages in Finnish dairy production	Mapping the linkages of dairy production and dairy trade with environmental externalities and production of ecosystem services	Finland, EU, trade partners	University of Helsinki
4.	Enhancing Access to Export Markets by Sub-Saharan African Countries through Sustainable Investment and Improved Quality and Quantity of Agri-food Commodities: The cases of Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Ghana	Standards and market access; challenges related to WTO Rules and Regulations and/or EU requirements; strengthening of territorial markets	Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana	Economic and Social Research Foundation
5.	Role of policy frameworks and social cohesion for sustainable value chains and livelihoods in Ghana	Emerging markets; poultry chains; role of policy regulation regarding animal welfare, inputs and trade; competitiveness, sustainability, livelihoods	Ghana	Technical University of Madrid
6.	The Living Income Differential for cocoa: futures markets and price setting in an unequal value chain	Experiences, obstacles, impact and lessons learned from a multistakeholder initiative on sustainability standards in the cacao sector	EU, Côte d’Ivoire	Oxfam België/Belgique
7.	What trade and tax policies are needed for the sustainable development of local milk value chains in West Africa? – Proposals to the West African and European actors	EU agricultural, trade, investment and development policies; impact on the development of local, fair and sustainable dairy chains	EU, Africa	Oxfam België/Belgique
8.	Belgain consumption of sugarcan ethanol from Brazil and Peru. Shared responsibilities of human rights violations	EU biofuel policies and mandates; sustainability criteria biofuels; EU climate funding, carbon markets, offset mechanism; palm oil; land use change	EU, America, Africa, Asia	Oxfam Solidarité – Oxfam Solidariteit
9.	Piloting improved stakeholder consultation in human rights due diligence in an SME’s coffee value chain	Integrating human rights and environmental due diligence in coffee chains; impact on production practices and smallholder farmers	EU, Uganda	Oxfam België/Belgique
10.	Beef and policy coherence for sustainable development	EU agricultural, trade, investment and development policies; impact on local, fair, sustainable beef chains, including consumers and retailers	EU, Africa, South America	Research Centre on Animal Production, with Agribenchmark Beef
11.	Private standards and sustainable trade	Impact of processors/retailers’ standards on development of local, fair, sustainable food chains	Kenya	Research Centre on Animal Production & University of Helsinki with Global G.A.P & Blu Marketing Ltd
12.	Ethical trade initiatives in the South African wine industry	Assessment of local and global ethical trade programmes in South Africa (e.g. Fair Trade, Ethical Trading Initiative, Ethical Trade Association)	South Africa	North-West University
13.	Dairy production, standards and competitiveness in global markets	Labour costs; additional costs resulting from environmental regulation; total production costs; processing and retail	EU, Africa, America	Research Centre on Animal Production, with International Farm Comparison Network
14.	Governing trade to influence land-use and food systems pathways: The expansion of soybeans-meat complex in the MATOPIBA Brazilian frontier	How different trade agreements, institutions, rules and established practices could shape the expansion of the soybeans-meat complex in the MATOPIBA region to ensure more sustainable, equitable, inclusive, and resilient outcomes	EU, Brazil	Technical University of Madrid
15.	Free Trade Agreements between the EU and selected North African countries, and their impact on food systems, access to water and sustainable development	Focus on the olive oil value chain in Tunisia and the potato value chain in Egypt; impact of trade relations with the EU on food sovereignty, territorial markets, ecological resilience and inclusive rural development in the North Africa region	EU, North Africa (Tunisia, Egypt)	Transnational Institute