Agroecology, Equity, Environment, Food security, Sustainability

Haggar, Jeremy ORCID: 0000-0002-4682-4879 , Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Lamboll, Richard and Rodenburg, Jonne ORCID: 0000-0001-9059-9253 (2020) Understanding and informing decisions on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability (IJAS), 19 (5-6). pp. 349-358. ISSN 1473-5903 (Print), 1747-762X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2020.1818483)

Better Cotton Initiative, Voluntary Sustainability Standards, India, ISEAL Alliance, Social, Economic and Environmental impacts

Kumar, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-0157-1310 , Nelson, V. ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Martin, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 , Badal, D., Latheef, A., Suresh Reddy, B., Narayanan, L., Young, S. and Hartog, M. (2016) Evaluation of the early impacts of the better cotton initiative on smallholder cotton producers in Kurnool District, India: Baseline report. ISEAL Alliance, London.

Cassava; Value chain; Smallholder; Scaling; Africa

Lamboll, Richard, Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Posthumus, Helena, Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 , Adebayo, Kolawole, Alacho, Francis, Dziedzoave, Nanam, Mahende, Grace, Sandifolo, Vito, Sanni, Lateef, Abayomi, Louise, Graffham, Andrew, Hillocks, Rory and Westby, Andrew (2015) Practical lessons on scaling up smallholder-inclusive and sustainable cassava value chains in Africa. Food Chain, 5 (1-2). pp. 28-52. ISSN 2046-1879 (Print), 2046-1887 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3362/2046-1887.2015.004)

Climate change, Agriculture, Research, Extension, Advisory services, Africa

Morton, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-5794 , Kisauzi, D., Ohiomoba, I., Demby, D., Mangheni, M., Moumouni, I., Parkinson, V., Suale, D., Lamboll, R., Nelson, V. ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 and Quan, J. ORCID: 0000-0003-2388-5684 (2014) Climate, agriculture and knowledge in Africa: Agricultural research and advisory services in the face of climate change. Final synthesis report of the climate learning for African agriculture project. Project Report. University of Greenwich (NRI), FARA and AFAAS, Chatham, UK.

Climate change; agriculture; research; extension; advisory services; Africa

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Morton, John ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-5794 , Apenteng, Essie Aduwa Ape and Lamboll, Richard (2013) African Agricultural Research and Advisory Services under Climate Change: Perspectives from an E-­Discussion. [Working Paper]

Drylands, gender, women

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Forsythe, Lora ORCID: 0000-0001-9931-4453 and Morton, John ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-5794 (2015) Synthesis of thematic papers from the series ‘Women’s empowerment in the drylands. UNCCD and UNDP, Greenwich.

Entrepreneurship; Climate change; Adaptation strategies; Rural women Challenges Opportunities

Akinbami, C. A. O. ORCID: 0000-0003-4203-4842 , Olawoye, J. E., Adesina, F. A. and Nelson, V. ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 (2019) Exploring potential climate-related entrepreneurship opportunities and challenges for rural Nigerian women. Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, 9 (1). ISSN 2228-7566 (Print), 2251-7316 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40497-018-0141-3)

Fairtrade, Coffee, Tanzania, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Impact, Livelihoods, Sustainable Trade, Sustainability Standards

Nelson, V. ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Haggar, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-4682-4879 , Martin, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 , Donovan, J., Borasino, E., Hasyim, W., Mhando, N., Senga, M., Mgumia, J., Quitanar-Guadarrama, E., Kendar, Z., Valdez, J. and Morales, D. (2016) Fairtrade Coffee A study to assess the impact of Fairtrade for coffee smallholders and producer organisations in Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, and Tanzania. Technical Report. University of Greenwich, Chatham, UK.

Fairtrade, Effectiveness, Impact, Sustainability Standards

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 (ed.) (2017) Fairtrade Impacts: Lessons from around the world. Fairtrade Impacts. Practical Action Publishing, Hampshire, UK. ISBN 978-1853399077 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3362/9781780449067)

Fairtrade, Impact assessment, Sustainability standards, Evaluation, Fair trade

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 and Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 (2014) Exploring issues of rigour and utility in Fairtrade impact assessment. Food Chain, 4 (1). pp. 14-33. ISSN 2046-1879 (Print), 2046-1887 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3362/2046-1887.2014.003)

Fairtrade, impact, benefits, smallholders, workers

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 and Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 (2012) The impact of Fairtrade: evidence, shaping factors, and future pathways. Food Chain, 2 (1). pp. 42-63. ISSN 2046-1879 (Print), 2046-1887 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3362/2046-1887.2012.005)

Global Value Chains, Sustainable Trade, Social Upgrading, Economic Upgrading, Evaluation, Impact

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 , Ewert, Joachim, Hasan, Abu Ala, Opondo, Maggie, Flint, Michael, Hartog, Maaike and Priebe, Jan (2016) Trade and Global Value Chains Initiative: Mid-Term Evaluation Report. Technical Report. University of Greenwich, Chatham, UK.

Impact evaluation, sustainability standard, better cotton, randomised control trial, economic impact, environmental impact, social impact

Kumar, Ravinder ORCID: 0000-0002-0157-1310 , Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 , Narayanan, L., Reddy, Suresh B., Badal, D., Latheef, A. and Young, S. (2019) Final Report of the evaluation of the early impacts of the better cotton initiative on smallholder cotton producers in Kurnool district, India. [Working Paper]

Kenya, private standards, governance, value chain analysis

Tallontire, Anne, Opondo, Maggie, Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 and Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 (2009) Beyond the vertical? Using value chains and governance as a framework to analyse private standards initiatives in agri-food chains. Agriculture and Human Values, 28 (3). pp. 427-441. ISSN 0889-048X (Print), 1572-8366 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-009-9237-2)

Land, rights, women, gender, drylands

Forsythe, Lora ORCID: 0000-0001-9931-4453 , Morton, John ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-5794 , Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Quan, Julian ORCID: 0000-0003-2388-5684 , Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 and Hartog, Maaike (2015) Strengthening dryland women's land rights: local contexts, global change. UNCCD, UNDP, Greenwich.

Sustainable agricultural intensification; decision-making processes; policy; social learning; multi-stakeholder; agriculture; values; governance of evidence; sub-Saharan Africa

Lamboll, Richard, Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Gebreyes, Million ORCID: 0000-0002-1827-6756 , Kambewa, Daimon, Chinsinga, Blessings ORCID: 0000-0003-2310-5123 , Karbo, Naaminong, Rukonge, Audax, Sekeleti, Martin, Litaba Wakun'uma, Wesley, Gutema, Tamene H., Henjewele, Magreth, Kampanje-Phiri, Jessica ORCID: 0000-0002-3712-7246 , Masikati-Hlanguyo, Patricia, Quaye, Wilhelmina, Duah, Solomon, Kivuyo, Mbarwa, Nyanga, Progress, Akuffobea Essilfie, Mavis, Asafu-Adjaye, Nana Yamoah ORCID: 0000-0002-5916-745X , Clottey, Victor and Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 (2021) Strengthening decision-making on sustainable agricultural intensification through multi-stakeholder social learning in sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19 (5-6). pp. 609-635. ISSN 1473-5903 (Print), 1747-762X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2021.1913898)

Trade, programme, impact, evaluation, smallholders, Africa, Comic Relief

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Smith, Sally, Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 and Vanhuyse, Fedra (2012) Comic Relief trade Programme Evaluation. Technical Report. Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, UK.

Zambia, rural transport, feeder roads, livelihoods, North Zambia, Luapula, rural poor

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 (2000) Zambia feeder roads research project rural transport policy toolkit: Livelihoods profile for North and Luapula provinces. [Working Paper]

business and human rights; human rights and the environment; supply chain; business human rights and the environment; climate litigation; corporate accountability; environment; climate change; human rights due diligence; united nations guiding principles

Martin-Ortega, Olga ORCID: 0000-0002-1779-0120 , Dehbi, Fatimazahra ORCID: 0000-0002-3626-488X , Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 and Pillay, Renginee ORCID: 0000-0001-6849-0585 (2022) Towards a business, Human Rights and the environment framework. Sustainability, 14 (11):6596. ISSN 2071-1050 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116596)

certification, agriculture, production, farming, voluntary standards, private standards, sustainability, organic, conservation, fairtrade

Tallontire, Anne, Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Dixon, Jami and Benton, Tim G. (2012) A review of the literature and knowledge of standards and certification systems in agricultural production and farming systems (NRI working paper series on sustainability standards No. 2). [Working Paper]

climate change, Fairtrade, agriculture, rural development, adaptation

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Morton, John F. ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-5794 , Chancellor, Tim ORCID: 0000-0002-4442-7001 , Burt, Peter and Pound, Barry (2010) Climate change, agriculture and Fairtrade: identifying the challenges and opportunities. Report. Natural Resources Institute, Natural Resources Institute [website] / Fairtrade Foundation [website].

climate change, Kenya, adaptation, gender, intersectionality, climate smart agriculture

Mungai, C., Opondo, M., Outa, G., Nelson, V. ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Nyasimi, M. and Kimeli, P. (2017) Uptake of climate-smart agriculture through a gendered intersectionality lens: Experiences from Western Kenya. In: Filho, Walter Leal, Belay, Simane, Kalangu, Jokasha, Menas, Wuta, Munishi, Pantaleo and Musiyiwa, Kumbirai, (eds.) Climate Change Adaptation in Africa: Fostering Resilience and Capacity to Act. Part II. Climate Change Management (CCM) . Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 587-601. ISBN 978-3319495194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49520-0_36)

climate change, development futures, mitigation, adaptation, governance, social development

Boyd, Emily, Grist, Natasha, Juhola, Sirkku and Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 (2009) Exploring development futures in a changing climate: frontiers for development policy and practice. Development Policy Review, 27 (6). pp. 659-674. ISSN 0950-6764 (Print), 1467-7679 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2009.00464.x)

climate, climate analogue tools, smallholder farmer, capacity strengthening.

Opare, Phyllis, Akintonde, Johnson O., Obeng-Ofori, Daniel and Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 (2018) Using climate analogue tools to explore and build smallholder farmer capacity for climate smart agriculture. AAS Open Research. (doi:https://doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.12822.1)

climate, livelihoods, Ghana, adaptation, smallholder agriculture, climate smart agriculture

Derkyi, Mercy, Adiku, Samuel G. K., Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Delali Dovie, Benjamin, Codjoe, Samuel and Awuah, Esi (2018) Smallholder farmers’ perception of climatic and socio-economic factors influencing livelihoods in the transition zone of Ghana. AAS Open Research. ISSN 2515-9321 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.12839.1)

codes of practice, livelihoods, workers, value chains

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 and Ewert, Joachim (2007) The impacts of codes of practice on worker livelihoods: empirical evidence from the South African wine and Kenyan cut flower industries. Journal of Corporate Citizenship (28). pp. 61-72. ISSN 1470-5001

consumption; planetary boundaries; post-growth; telecoupling; trade policy; tropical deforestation

Santika, Truly ORCID: 0000-0002-3125-9467 , Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Flint, Michael, MacEwen, Melissa, Cerretelli, Stefania ORCID: 0000-0003-3652-7253 and Brack, Duncan (2023) Leverage points for tackling unsustainable global value chains: market-based measures versus transformative alternatives. Sustainability Science. ISSN 1862-4065 (Print), 1862-4057 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01430-0)

development studies, agricultural economics, development economics, development studies, economics and finance, agricultural economics, development economics, international economics, political economy, environment, agricultural economics, politics and public policy, human rights, political economy, regulation and governance

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 and Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 (2015) Fairtrade international’s multi-dimensional impacts in Africa. In: Raynolds, Laura T and Bennett, Elizabeth A., (eds.) Handbook of Research on Fair Trade. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 509-531. ISBN 9781783474608 (doi:https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783474622.00040)

ethical trade, development, fair trade, organic, sustainability, forestry, forest certification

Blowfield, Michael, Gallat, Stephanie, Malins, Annabelle, Maynard, Bill, Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 and Robinson, Dawn (1999) Ethical trade and sustainable rural livelihoods. Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, UK. ISBN 0-85954-503-2

ethical, trade, forestry, agroforestry, initiatives, poor, development

Nelson, V. ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Maynard, B., Blowfield, M., Burchell, R., Collinson, C., Tallontire, A. and Thornback, J. (2001) Ethical trade, people and forests (A manual). Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, UK.

ethics, brazil nut, trade, livelihoods, Peru, fair trade, poor, poverty, sustainability

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Galvez, Modesto and Blowfield, Mick (2000) Social impact of ethical and conventional brazil nut trading on forest-dependent people in Peru. Technical Report. Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, UK.

fair trade, narratives, pragmatism, politicization, business policy, social responsibility

Tallontire, Anne and Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 (2013) Fair trade narratives and political dynamics. Social Enterprise Journal, 9 (1). pp. 28-52. ISSN 1750-8614 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/17508611311329994)

future scenarios and visions; sustainability and transformation pathways; multiple and plural values of nature; intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services (IPBES); equity; human-nature relationships

Harmáčková, Zuzana, V., Yoshida, Yuki, Sitas, Nadia, Mannetti, Lelani, Martin, Adrian, Kumar, Ritesh, Berbés-Blázquez, Marta, Collins, Rebecca, Eisenack, Klaus, Guimaraes, Ellen, Heras, Maria, Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Niamir, Aidin, Ravera, Federica, Ruiz Mallen, Isabel and O'Farrell, Patrick (2023) The role of values in future scenarios: what types of values underpin (un)sustainable and (un)just futures? Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 64:101343. ISSN 1877-3435 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101343)

gender, climate, culture, resilience, adaptation, agriculture, anthropology

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 and Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 (2009) Resilience, power, culture, and climate: A case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions. Gender & Development, 17 (1). pp. 81-94. ISSN 1355-2074 (Print), 1364-9221 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13552070802696946)

gender, climate, resilience, agriculture, equipment

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 and Forsythe, Lora ORCID: 0000-0001-9931-4453 (2023) Gender and climate-resilient agriculture: a review of practical resources in support of gender-transformative change. CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Working Paper #018. [Working Paper]

global value chain, Kenya, horticulture, smallholders, private standards, GlobalGAP

Tallontire, Anne, Opondo, Maggie and Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 (2013) Contingent spaces for smallholder participation in GlobalGAP: insights from Kenyan horticulture value chains. The Geographical Journal, 180 (4). pp. 353-364. ISSN 0016-7398 (Print), 1475-4959 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12047)

governance, private standards, sustainability standards, corporate responsibility, power, global value chains

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Tallontire, Anne, Opondo, Maggie and Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 (2014) Pathways of transformation or transgression? Power relations, ethical space and labour rights in Kenyan cut flower value chains. In: Goodman, Michael K. and Sage, Colin, (eds.) Food transgressions: Making sense of contemporary food politics. Routledge, pp. 15-38. ISBN 978-0754679707

governance, women, gender, drylands

Forsythe, Lora ORCID: 0000-0001-9931-4453 , Morton, John ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-5794 , Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 and Hartog, Maaike (2015) Gender and drylands governance: Empowering women for change. UNDP, UNCCD, Greenwich.

gray literature, diverse forms of knowledge, sustainability, evidence

Yoshida, Yuki, Sitas, Nadia, Mannetti, Lelani, O'Farrell, Patrick, Arroyo-Robles, Gabriela, Berbés-Blázquez, Marta, González-Jiménez, David, Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Niamir, Aidin and Harmáčková, Zuzana V. (2024) Beyond Academia: a case for reviews of gray literature for science-policy processes and applied research. Environmental Science and Policy, 162:103882. ISSN 1462-9011 (Print), 1873-6416 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103882)

impact evaluation, agriculture research for development, evaluation policies and practices

Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 and Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 (2012) Impact assessment policies and practices of EIARD members: study. Technical Report. AGRINATURA-EEIG Secretariat, Paris, France.

private standards, multi-stakeholder initiatives, agriculture, governance, Kenya, sustainability standards

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 and Tallontire, Anne (2014) Battlefields of ideas: changing narratives and power dynamics in private standards in global agricultural value chains. Agriculture and Human Values, 31 (3). pp. 481-497. ISSN 0889-048X (Print), 1572-8366 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-014-9512-8)

responsible business, supply chains, impact, effectiveness, corporate responsibility, sustainability, sustainable business, human rights, environment, climate change

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 and Flint, Michael (2019) Critical reflections on responsible business initiatives and systemic constraints for achieving a safe and just operating space for humanity. In: Lund-Thomsen, Peter, Hansen, Michael and Lindgreen, Adam, (eds.) Business and Development Studies: Issues and Perspectives. Routledge, UK. ISBN 978-1138059870

sustainability; supply chains; cocoa; transformation; resilience; landscape

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 and Phillips, David (2018) Sector, landscape or rural transformations? Exploring the limits and potential of agricultural sustainability initiatives through a cocoa case study. Business Strategy and the Environment, 27 (2). pp. 252-262. ISSN 0964-4733 (Print), 1099-0836 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2014)

sustainable trade, value chains, sector transformations, multi-stakeholder initiatives

Nelson, Valerie J. ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Rueda, Ximena and Vermeulen, Walter J.V. (2018) Challenges and opportunities for the sustainability transition in global trade (Introduction). Business Strategy and the Environment, 27 (2). pp. 173-178. ISSN 0964-4733 (Print), 1099-0836 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2008)

women, gender, drylands, environment, resilience, rights

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Morton, John ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-5794 , Forsythe, Lora ORCID: 0000-0001-9931-4453 , Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 and Hartog, Maaike (2015) Achieving dryland women's empowerment: environmental resilience and social transformation. UNCCD, UNDP, Greenwich.