Side event to the Global Commodities Forum 2024: Strengthening traceability in Latin American coffee value chains

On 9 December 2024, the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, hosts the signing of a joint agreement between the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean. This collaboration focuses on strengthening traceability in Latin American coffee value chains. The coffee value chain is a key economic driver in Latin America. Millions of people in rural areas, particularly smallholder farmers and workers, depend on coffee for their livelihoods. There is also a key gender dimension to the coffee value chain, as women farmers and workers play an important role in this value chain across the region.