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STUDY LOCATIONSTUDY TITLE/FOCUSSTUDY SPONSOR/SURLYEARNOTESSTUDY AUTHORS
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TEEBAgriFood Country Implementation
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ColombiaLand-use planning (Putumayo) / Developing biodiversity centered value chains and a bioeconomy strategy for the Amazon regionUNEP TEEB/IKIhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/country-implementation/iki2017/colombia/Ongoing
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KenyaValue chain of the traditional use of forests (non-timber forest products, e.g., medicinal plants) and food systems (potatoes, maize and peas) in the Greater Mau Catchment AreaUNEP TEEB/IKIhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/country-implementation/iki2017/kenya/Ongoing
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TanzaniaLand use change in the Southern HighlandsUNEP TEEB/IKIhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/country-implementation/iki2017/tanzania/Ongoing
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ThailandPotential future impacts of land-use changes as a result of current organic rice expansion and sustainable agriculture goalsUNEP TEEB/IKIhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/country-implementation/iki2017/thailand/2022
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BrazilLow Carbon Agriculture / Urban and Periurban AgricultureUNEP TEEB/EUhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/country-implementation/eupi2019/brazil/Ongoing
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ChinaEcological and green agricultural development in Tengchong City, Yunnan ProvinceUNEP TEEB/EUhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/country-implementation/eupi2019/china/Ongoing
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IndiaOrganic farming and agroforestry in the Ganga basin regionUNEP TEEB/EUhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/country-implementation/eupi2019/india/Ongoing
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IndonesiaScience-based policy advice for food system policies that reward responsible stewardship of natural, human, social and produced capitalUNEP TEEB/EUhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/country-implementation/eupi2019/indonesia/Ongoing
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MalaysiaThe economic case for the wider adoption of Malaysia Good Agricultural Practices (myGAP) Standard in the Cameron HighlandsUNEP TEEB/EUhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/country-implementation/eupi2019/malaysia/OngoingComplementary TEEB for Business capacity building
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MexicoAanalyze the main trade-offs among the different land uses for coffee production in the regions of Veracruz, Chiapas, Puebla, and OaxacaUNEP TEEB/EUhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/country-implementation/eupi2019/mexico/Ongoing
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ThailandTEEBAgriFood assessment of commercial rice sector in the northeast and central regions of Thailand, focusing on production practices that adhere to the standards and indicators of the Sustainable Rice Platform. Study will build upon and complement work undertaken as part of the IKI-funded TEEBAgriFood project in Thailand.UNEP TEEB/EUhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/country-implementation/eupi2019/thailand/OngoingComplementary TEEB for Business capacity building
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UgandaThe analysis will support the spatial planning of agricultural production to maximise ecosystem services, the evaluation of the economic case for sustainable approaches to urban and peri-urban agriculture around the Kampala Capital City, and the restoration support of the Mabamba Bay Wetland System by reducing its adverse environmental pressures.UNEP TEEB/NORADhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/country-implementation/small-grant-projects/uganda-sgp/Complete
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TEEBAgriFood Exploratory Studies
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Ethiopia & GhanaCocoa agroforestry in Ghana and coffee agroforestry in EthiopiaTEEBAgriFood/World Agroforestry Centre/European Commissionhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/further-analysis/teebagrifood-africa/ghana-ethiopia-agroforestry/2019
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SenegalRice systems in SenegalTEEBAgriFood/European Commissionhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/further-analysis/teebagrifood-africa/senegal-rice/2019
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Tanzaniathe socio-economic and environmental impacts of value chain activities related to three traditional livestock systems in Tanzania: i) pastoral cattle (Maasai); ii) backyard poultry; and iii) smallholder dairyTEEBAgriFood/Wageningen University/European Commissionhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/further-analysis/teebagrifood-africa/tanzania-livestock/2019
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BrazilApply the TEEBAgriFood Evaluation Framework to two principal agri-food systems that predominate in bringing land use change to the Brazilian Amazon: large scale soybean/maize systems; and multi-scale cattle ranching for beef and dairy productsTEEBAgriFood/Global Alliance for the Future of Foodhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/further-analysis/brazil-cattle-soy/2019
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IndiaApplies the TEEBAgriFood Evaluation Framework to the rural wheat value chain in Punjab to describe, compare and (where appropriate) value the magnitude and variability of impacts and externalities between conventional and organic wheat production, and between a prevailing policy context of many subsidies – for energy, water, pesticides, fertilizers – and a context of direct transfer payments to farmers through the new unique identity (‘UID’) automated system in India.TEEBAgriFood/Global Alliance for the Future of Foodhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/further-analysis/india-wheat/2019
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MexicoTo analyze the main trade-offs in terms of environmental services, natural capital, and human well-being among the different land uses for the production of commercial corn and milpaTEEBAgriFood/GIZhttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/further-analysis/mexico-maize-milpa/Ongoing
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TEEBAgriFood for Business pilots
https://capitalscoalition.org/pilot-applications/Ongoing
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MexicoBusiness participants: Aires de Campo, APEAM, BANORTE, Grupo Herdez, Veinte SolesUNEP/EU/Capitals Coalitionhttps://capitalscoalition.org/pilot-applications/Ongoing
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IndiaBusiness participants: Arvind, Ecociate and Apollo Tyres FoundationUNEP/EU/Capitals Coalitionhttps://capitalscoalition.org/pilot-applications/Ongoing
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BrazilBusiness participants: Agronegocios del Plata (ADP) & Bidegaray, Liv Up, Nuu Pão de Queijo & Embrapa, SOESPUNEP/EU/Capitals Coalitionhttps://capitalscoalition.org/pilot-applications/Ongoing
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True Value — GA/TMG Beacons of Hope Report Case Studies
GA/TMGhttps://futureoffood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GA-True-Value-Revealing-Positive-Impacts.pdf2021
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ZambiaCommunity Markets for Conservation initiativeGA/TMGhttps://futureoffood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GA-True-Value-Revealing-Positive-Impacts.pdf2021
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PhilippinesMASIPAG initiativeGA/TMGhttps://futureoffood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GA-True-Value-Revealing-Positive-Impacts.pdf2021
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United States of AmericaThe Common Market initiativeGA/TMGhttps://futureoffood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GA-True-Value-Revealing-Positive-Impacts.pdf2021
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NigeriaLagos Food Bank InitiativeGA/TMGhttps://futureoffood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GA-True-Value-Revealing-Positive-Impacts.pdf2021
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MalawiSoils, Food and Healthy Communities initiativeGA/TMGhttps://futureoffood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GA-True-Value-Revealing-Positive-Impacts.pdf2021
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IndiaCommunity Managed Natural Farming initiativeGA/TMGhttps://futureoffood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GA-True-Value-Revealing-Positive-Impacts.pdf2021Followed up by APCNF GIST study (2023)
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Other Case Studies
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EgyptOrganic vs. Conventional CottonHeliopolis University/SEKEMhttps://www.hu.edu.eg/organic-farming-worth-it-comparative-study-on-the-true-costs-of-organic-and-conventional-food-production/heliopolis-university/2016
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KenyaThe True Price of Tea from KenyaTrue Price/Sustainable Trade Initiativehttps://trueprice.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TP-Tea.pdf2016
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IndonesiaImproving business decision making: valuing the hidden costs of production in the palm oil sectorTruCost/True Pricehttps://www.teebweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/TEEBAgriFood_PalmOil_ExecutiveSummary.pdf2016
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MexicoMaize/Genetic servicesGlobal Alliance for the Future of Foodhttps://futureoffood.org/insights/ecosystems-and-agro-biodiversity-across-small-and-large-scale-maize-production-systems/2017Landing page: https://futureoffood.org/insights/ecosystems-and-agro-biodiversity-across-small-and-large-scale-maize-production-systems/
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UKHidden Cost of UK FoodSustainable Food Trusthttps://sustainablefoodtrust.org/our-work/true-cost-accounting/#:~:text=The%20Hidden%20Cost%20of%20UK,a%20further%20%C2%A3116%20billion.2019
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MalawiA TEEBAgriFood Analysis of the Malawi Maize Agri-food System Global Alliance for the Future of Foodhttps://futureoffood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GA_TEEB_MalawiMaize201903.pdf2019
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United States of AmericaApplication of the TEEBAgriFood Evaluation Framework to Corn Systems in Minnesota, U.S.AGlobal Alliance for the Future of Foodhttps://futureoffood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GA_TEEB_MinnesotaCorn201905.pdf2019
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GhanaThe Case for Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) in the Upper West Region of GhanaELDhttps://www.eld-initiative.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ELD-Ghana-Report-final-240120.pdf2019Cited in 2019 GA/TMG Inventory Report
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United States of AmericaUS Food System and School Meal ProgramsRockefellerhttps://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/report/true-cost-of-food-measuring-what-matters-to-transform-the-u-s-food-system/2021
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IndiaPromoting Millets in the Public Distribution SystemTata Cornell Institutehttps://tci.cornell.edu/?publications=promoting-millets-in-the-public-distribution-system2022Earlier version: https://tci.cornell.edu/?publications=revealing-the-hidden-production-costs-of-indias-public-distribution-system
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Horn of AfricaInsecticide Use against Desert Locust in the Horn of Africa 2019–2021 Reveals a Pressing Need for ChangeTMGhttps://www.mdpi.com/21882982023
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IndiaNatural Farming Through a Wide Angle Lens: True Cost Accounting Study of Community-Managed Natural Farming in Andhra Pradesh, IndiaGlobal Alliance for the Future of Food/GIST Impacthttps://futureoffood.org/insights/true-cost-accounting-of-community-managed-natural-farming-in-andhra-pradesh-india/2023
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VietnamTrue cost of food systemCGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions (NATURE+)https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/what-is-the-real-cost-of-food-nature-ifpri-aim-to-add-up-a-reality-based-food-bill/TBD
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KenyaTrue cost of food systemCGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions (NATURE+)https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/the-high-social-and-environmental-costs-of-food-in-kenya-vietnam-new-research/2024Links to blog post describing findings, not report
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VietnamThe True Price of Coffee from VietnamTrue Price/IDHhttps://trueprice.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TP-Coffee.pdf2016
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Thailand, Zambia, USA, Denmark, Sri LankaSix case studies of financing TCA-like initiatives (Mobilizing Money and Movements)Transformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS)https://www.tifsinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/ga_boh_investment.pdf2022
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Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
Assessments and aggregated findings of TCA-based assessments of impact fundsTransformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS)https://www.tifsinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/TIFS_Investing-in-East-Africa-Food-Systems-Aug2023-Final.pdf2023
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AustraliaThe true cost of Australia’s food systemUniversity of Queensland/CSIROhttps://foodsystemhorizons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FSH-Insights_True-Cost-of-Food.pdfTBD
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Other Case Studies and Analysis (not geography specific)
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n/aTrue Cost Accounting for Food, Farming, and FinanceEostahttps://tca2f.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tca-fff-report.pdf2017Cited in 2019 GA/TMG Inventory Report
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n/aImpact Report 2018-- including integrated Profit and Loss and other impact statementsABM AMROhttps://ddd.uab.cat/pub/infsos/39509/isABNAMROa2018ieng1.pdf2018Check relevance of more recent impact reports, Cited in 2019 GA/TMG Inventory Report
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n/aMultifunctional Field Margins: Assessing the benefits for nature, society and businessArcadis/Syngenta/Bioversityhttps://www.syngenta.com/sites/syngenta/files/story/flowering-margins-for-pollinators/MFFM-Assessing-the-benefits-for-nature-society-and-business.pdf2018Cited in 2019 GA/TMG Inventory Report
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n/aTrue Price of ChocolateTrue Price/Tony's Chocolonelyhttps://www.impactinstitute.com/portfolio-items/tonys-true-price/2018
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n/aRe-imagining Olam -- Offering tomorrow's products and servicesOlamhttps://www.olamgroup.com/content/dam/olamgroup/investor-relations/ir-library/annual-reports/annual-reports-pdfs/olam-annual-report-fy19_3-in-1.pdf2019Olam annual report, closely linked to an integrated P&L statement; Cited in 2019 GA/TMG Inventory Report
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n/aGrowing Better: Ten Critical Transitions to Transform Food and Land UseFOLUhttps://www.foodandlandusecoalition.org/global-report/2019
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n/aPolicy Brief: The True Cost of FoodIFPRI/Task Force 10: Sustainable Energy, Water, Food Systemshttps://www.t20saudiarabia.org.sa/en/briefs/Pages/Policy-Brief.aspx?pb=TF10_PB172020For G20
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n/aValuing the Impact of Food: Towards practical and comparable monetary valuation of food system impactsFoodSIVIhttps://foodsivi.org/2020
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n/aThe True Cost of FoodBCGhttps://web-assets.bcg.com/b0/8c/2cbf23574157a70a56d0abdcc6ec/bcg-the-true-cost-of-food-oct-2020.pdf2020
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n/aTrue Cost Accounting and Dietary Patterns: An opportunity for coherent food system policyTMG/WWF Germany/German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safetyhttps://www.wwf-scp.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/WWF_TGM_Report_Full-version.pdf2021
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n/aTrue Cost Accounting for Food Systems: Redefining Value to Transform Decision-MakingUNEP/Capitals Coalition/Global Alliance for the Future of Foodhttps://teebweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PreSummitSessionSummary.pdf2021Technical Briefing Note for UNFSS Dialogue, 08 June 2021
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n/aThe True Value of Food: A powerful aid to business decision-makingWBCSDhttps://www.wbcsd.org/Programs/Food-and-Nature/Food-Land-Use/FReSH/Resources/True-Value-of-Food-a-powerful-aid-to-business-decision-making2021
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n/aTrue Cost Accounting for Food: Balancing the ScaleTCA Community of Practicehttps://www.routledge.com/True-Cost-Accounting-for-Food-Balancing-the-Scale/Gemmill-Herren-Baker-Daniels/p/book/97803675068582021Editors: Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Lauren E. Baker, Paula A. Daniels; Authors: Multiple
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n/aAfrica Agriculture Status ReportAGRAhttps://agra.org/publications/africa-agriculture-status-report-aasr/#:~:text=Accelerating%20African%20Food%20Systems%20Transformation2022
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GermanyTrue cost accounting in agri-food networks: a German case study on informational campaigning and responsible implementationMultiplehttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-022-01105-22022Part of Special Feature: Sustainability in Agri-Food Systems: Transformative Trajectories toward the Post-Anthropocene
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n/aA tool in the toolkit: can true cost accounting remove siloed thinking about food loss and waste?Global Food Securityhttps://www.sei.org/publications/toolkit-food-loss-waste/2023
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n/aFull-cost accounting and redefining the cost of food: Implications for agricultural economics researchhttps://doi.org/10.1111/agec.127742023Joachim von Braun, Sheryl L. Hendriks
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n/aBeyond the Food Systems Summit: Linking Recommendations to Action—The True Cost of Foodhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S247529912300001X2023
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n/aThe True Cost of Food: A preliminary assessmentScientific group of the UN Food Systems Summithttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-15703-5_322023Chapter based on earlier UNFSS paper, "The True Cost and True Price of Food" (2021), https://sc-fss2021.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/QA_on_True_Value_of_Food.pdf
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n/aThe Current Field of True Cost AccountingImpact Institute, TCA Acceleratorhttps://tcaaccelerator.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-Current-Field-of-True-Cost-Accounting-Final.pdf2023
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n/aBeyond the Food Systems Summit: Linking Recommendations to Action—The True Cost of Food. Multiplehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S247529912300001X?via%3Dihub2023
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SeveralTEEBAgriFood for Business Roundtable ReportsCapitals Coalitionhttps://capitalscoalition.org/project/teebagrifood-for-business/Various
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SwitzerlandTrue cost of food as a lever to transform the Swiss food systemEnterprise for Society (E4S)https://e4s.center/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/EN_SNEMF_WhitePaper_TCAF.pdf2023
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n/aTrue Cost Accounting of Food Using Farm Level Metrics: A New Frameworkhttps://www.mdpi.com/11159722021Harpinder Sandhu, Adele Jones, Patrick Holden
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n/aState of Food and Agriculture 2023: Revealing the True Cost of Food to Transform Agrifood SystemsUN Food and Agriculture Organizationhttps://www.fao.org/3/cc7724en/online/cc7724en.html2023
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n/aFood System Economics Commission: Global Policy ReportFood System Economics Commissionhttps://foodsystemeconomics.org/policy/global-policy-report/2024
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TCA Frameworks and Impact Assessment Guides
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n/aA Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food SystemInstitute of Medicine and National Research Councilhttps://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18846/a-framework-for-assessing-effects-of-the-food-system#:~:text=A%20Framework%20for%20Assessing%20Effects%20of%20the%20Food%20System%20develops,consumed%20in%20the%20United%20States.2015
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n/aTEEBAgriFood Evaluation FrameworkUN Environment Programmehttps://teebweb.org/our-work/agrifood/understanding-teebagrifood/evaluation-framework/2018
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n/aApplying the TEEBAgriFood Evaluation Framework: Overarching Implementation GuidanceGlobal Alliance for the Future of Foodhttps://futureoffood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GA_TEEBAgriFood_Guidance.pdf2020
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n/aTEEBAgriFood Operational Guidelines for BusinessCapitals Coalition, UNEPhttps://capitalscoalition.org/publication/teebagrifood-operational-guidelines-for-business/2023
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n/aTCA AgriFood HandbookTMG, Soils & Morehttps://tca2f.org/initiative/2022
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n/aGlobal Farm MetricSustainable Food Trusthttps://www.globalfarmmetric.org/2023
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n/aTrue Price Assessment Method for Agri-food ProductsWageningen University, True Pricehttps://edepot.wur.nl/5859062023
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n/aSystemic Investment Assessment ToolTransformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS)https://www.tifsinitiative.org/investing/2023
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Forthcoming
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State of Food and Agriculture -- TCA Part IIFAO2024
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PLAN'EATEU Horizon, TMGhttps://planeat-project.eu/true-cost-accounting-2/2026
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TCA Studies in SwitzerlandE4S, 5 Universities