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The renewed interest shown in agriculture by the international community and national governments since the 2008 crisis has firmly placed agri-chain approaches at the heart of development issues and debates. The challenges of sustainable development compel us to define new arenas and new forms of action – which are now multiplying through standards and other regulatory instruments – and to come up with innovative practices and novel ways of deriving value. The variety of explorations of the links between transformations of tropical agri-chains and sustainable development allows us to conclude this book by synthesizing the lessons learnt about the ability of these agri-chains to act as vectors of development, spaces of regulation, frameworks for innovation, and objects of assessment. The proliferation and renewal of agri-chain transformations calls for further exploration and the identification of research perspectives that can help in this endeavour.
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For example, ‘OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains’ (http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/rbc-agriculture-supply-chains.htm, retrieved 9 June 2016).
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For example, French companies with more than 500 employees are required by law to submit an annual report on their corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSR) activities.
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Biénabe, E., Caron, P., Rival, A., Loeillet, D. (2017). General Conclusion and New Research Perspectives. In: Biénabe, E., Rival, A., Loeillet, D. (eds) Sustainable Development and Tropical Agri-chains. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1016-7_26
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