Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains Training Course

Participants can map product, information and financial flows across a selected commodity network.

• Tier mapping from producer groups through traders and processors
• Product-flow diagrams showing volumes, conversion yields and loss points
• Information-flow mapping for orders, quality records and origin data
• Financial-flow analysis covering payment terms, premiums and farmer cash cycles
• Bottleneck identification using lead-time, capacity and seasonality data
• Supply network visualisation for direct, indirect and informal suppliers

Participants can prioritise agricultural supply-chain risks using documented likelihood and impact criteria.

• Risk registers covering climate, quality, labour and market exposure
• Likelihood-impact matrices with defined scoring scales and escalation thresholds
• Heat maps identifying commodity, origin and supplier risk concentrations
• Scenario analysis for drought, disease, price shocks and border delays
• Inherent and residual risk ratings after existing control assessment
• Risk appetite statements linked to sourcing and investment decisions

Participants can translate responsible sourcing commitments into measurable supplier requirements.

• Supplier codes covering labour, land rights and environmental performance
• GlobalG.A.P. requirements for farm assurance and production controls
• Certification scope, chain-of-custody claims and evidence limitations
• Tender evaluation criteria balancing price, quality and sustainability performance
• Contract clauses for disclosure, corrective action and audit access
• Supplier segmentation by criticality, capability and sustainability risk

Participants can design supplier-development approaches that improve performance without excluding smallholders.

• Smallholder sourcing models using cooperatives, aggregators and lead farmers
• Supplier capability assessments covering agronomy, governance and recordkeeping
• Training, inputs and extension support linked to measurable outcomes
• Premium structures rewarding quality, traceability and verified practice changes
• Pre-finance arrangements matched to harvest cycles and repayment capacity
• Corrective-action plans with owners, deadlines and verification evidence

Participants can assess production-practice interventions against productivity, resilience and environmental criteria.

• Climate-smart agriculture pillars: productivity, adaptation and emissions reduction
• Regenerative agriculture practices for soil cover, rotations and inputs
• Soil health indicators including organic carbon, structure and erosion
• Integrated pest management using thresholds, biological controls and monitoring
• Agroforestry design considerations for shade, biodiversity and diversified income
• Practice-adoption barriers involving tenure, finance, knowledge and labour

Participants can identify water risks and specify practical water-stewardship controls for suppliers.

• Water-risk screening by basin scarcity, quality and governance conditions
• Crop water requirements, irrigation efficiency and scheduling principles
• Water-balance calculations using withdrawals, consumption and return flows
• Alliance for Water Stewardship concepts applied to supplier sites
• Runoff and nutrient controls protecting waterways and downstream users
• Supplier water-action plans with targets, monitoring and accountability

Participants can establish land-use due diligence controls for agricultural commodity sourcing.

• Land-use change risks within commodity sourcing and expansion areas
• Deforestation-free sourcing policies with cutoff dates and scope definitions
• Geolocation data requirements for farms, plots and supplier records
• Satellite monitoring concepts for forest-cover change and alert review
• Free, prior and informed consent in land-rights risk management
• Biodiversity screening around protected areas and high-conservation-value land

Participants can calculate priority agricultural emissions sources using activity data and emission factors.

• GHG Protocol Scope 3 categories relevant to agricultural procurement
• Farm emission sources from fertiliser, livestock, energy and residues
• Activity-data collection plans for suppliers, farms and processors
• Emission factors, data-quality ratings and calculation-documentation requirements
• Land-use change emissions and associated methodological limitations
• SBTi FLAG guidance for forest, land and agriculture targets

Participants can design traceability controls suited to commodity risk, supply structure and customer claims.

• Traceability objectives for safety, sustainability claims and recall readiness
• Chain-of-custody models: identity preserved, segregated, mass balance, book-and-claim
• Critical tracking events from harvest through processing and distribution
• Key data elements for origin, batch, certification and transformation
• GS1 standards for product identification, barcodes and event data
• Traceability data validation through reconciliation, sampling and exception reporting

Participants can integrate food-safety, quality and integrity controls into sustainable supply-chain design.

• HACCP principles applied to agricultural handling and processing stages
• Hazard analysis covering biological, chemical, physical and allergen risks
• Quality specifications for moisture, grade, residues and sensory attributes
• Supplier approval controls using audits, certificates and test results
• Food fraud vulnerability assessment for adulteration and origin substitution
• Recall procedures linking traceability records, decision roles and communication

Participants can diagnose post-harvest losses and select appropriate prevention measures.

• Food Loss and Waste Protocol definitions and measurement boundaries
• Loss-tree analysis from harvesting through storage and market handling
• Harvest maturity indices matched to product and destination requirements
• Drying, cleaning and storage controls for grains and pulses
• Packaging selection based on respiration, moisture and transport conditions
• Recovery routes for edible surplus, by-products and organic residues

Participants can specify cold-chain controls that protect product quality and reduce spoilage.

• Temperature profiles from pre-cooling through retail display and delivery
• Cold-chain critical control points for fresh produce, dairy and seafood
• Time-temperature indicators and data loggers for excursion evidence
• Refrigeration capacity planning using product loads and pull-down times
• First-expired-first-out inventory rules for perishable stock rotation
• Root-cause analysis for temperature excursions, spoilage and claims

Participants can improve transport plans using service, emissions, product-integrity and cost criteria.

• Transport-mode selection using distance, shelf life and emissions factors
• Route optimisation parameters: consolidation, delivery windows and vehicle utilisation
• Load planning to prevent crush damage, contamination and temperature loss
• Carrier scorecards covering emissions, safety, service and compliance
• Backhaul opportunities for packaging returns and reverse-logistics flows
• Fuel-efficiency measures including driver behaviour, idling and maintenance

Participants can evaluate packaging and waste options against product protection and circularity goals.

• Packaging functions: containment, protection, preservation, information and handling
• Life-cycle assessment boundaries for packaging material comparison decisions
• Reusable transport packaging systems, return rates and cleaning controls
• Recyclability criteria considering collection, sorting and material compatibility
• By-product valorisation options for feed, ingredients, compost and energy
• Waste hierarchy decisions based on prevention, reuse, recycling and recovery

Participants can assess labour-rights risks and specify supplier controls for agricultural workforces.

• ILO core labour standards relevant to farms and processing sites
• Forced-labour indicators in recruitment, debt, retention and movement controls
• Seasonal-worker risk assessment covering housing, wages and working hours
• Grievance mechanisms with confidentiality, remediation and non-retaliation safeguards
• Social audit limitations and worker-centred verification methods
• Supplier remediation plans addressing root causes rather than audit closure

Participants can structure sourcing decisions that align commercial terms with sustainability outcomes.

• Total cost of ownership including losses, quality failures and compliance costs
• Should-cost models for sustainable practice adoption and supplier investment
• Multi-year contracts supporting farm planning, investment and supply reliability
• Price-risk mechanisms: floors, premiums, indexed pricing and hedging
• Supplier scorecards combining commercial, operational and sustainability indicators
• Negotiation preparation using interests, alternatives and objective criteria

Participants can build a performance-measurement framework for sustainable agricultural supply chains.

• KPI trees linking strategic commitments to operational performance measures
• Data-governance roles for collection, validation, approval and retention
• Supplier dashboards for emissions, traceability, quality and corrective actions
• Leading indicators measuring training, adoption and control implementation
• Lagging indicators measuring losses, incidents, emissions and non-conformances
• Management review packs with trends, exceptions and decision requests

Participants can plan implementation governance, resourcing and stakeholder engagement for improvement programmes.

• Implementation roadmaps sequenced by risk reduction, feasibility and dependencies
• RACI matrices assigning accountability for sourcing, logistics and reporting
• Business cases quantifying investment, savings, risk reduction and payback
• Stakeholder mapping for farmers, suppliers, customers and internal functions
• Change-management plans addressing incentives, communication and resistance
• Assurance reviews testing evidence quality, control operation and outcomes

Participants can build, review and present a complete costed sustainable agricultural supply chain improvement plan.

• Supply-chain baseline integrating mapped flows, risks, emissions and loss data
• Priority interventions selected through impact, feasibility and cost assessment
• Supplier requirements, traceability controls and logistics actions aligned
• Implementation roadmap with milestones, owners, dependencies and resources
• KPI dashboard covering commercial, environmental and social performance
• Plan review against stakeholder needs, evidence quality and delivery risks