Ximena Rueda
Biographic Data
| ID | 255347 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ximena Rueda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ximena |
| FAMILY NAME | Rueda |
| SIGNATURE | RUEDA X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de los Andes |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5991-4048 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 149 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Time Poverty: An Unintended Consequence of Women Participation in Farmers’ Associations
Small-scale gold miners’ preferences on formalization: First steps toward sustainable supply chains in Colombia
Global governance through voluntary sustainability standards: Developments, trends and challenges
Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) are transnational governance instruments that can be leveraged to pursue sustainable development in global value chains. They have proliferated since the 1990s in terms of their number and the share of global production they govern. This paper shares some key insights arising from the considerable body of literature that has analysed the role of these instruments for sustainable production and trade. First…
The role of collective action in the cacao sector in enhancing sustainability, market upgrading and agro-biodiversity conservation
Many farmers around the world are confronted with the decision of adopting high-yielding varieties or maintaining the diverse portfolio of ancient varieties and cultivars that constitute the basis of local and global agrobiodiversity. This dilemma often resolves towards ensuring short-term individual profits at the expense of long-term biodiversity conservation. In this paper we argue that specialty markets can act as a driving force to resolve t…
A systematic comparison of deforestation drivers and policy effectiveness across the Amazon biome
The Amazon biome, spanning nine countries, has one of the highest rates of deforestation worldwide. This deforestation contributes to biodiversity loss, climate change, the spread of infectious diseases, and damage to rural and indigenous livelihoods. Hundreds of articles have been published on the topic of deforestation across Amazonia, yet there has been no recent synthesis of deforestation drivers and deforestation-control policy effectiveness…
Spatialising illicit commodity chains: Comparing coffee and cocaine
Among geographers, recent focus on the illicit and illegal has tended to fall into two camps. Economic geographers focus on regimes of illicitness and corresponding production of specific forms of economic space; political ecologists and land change scholars, on the other hand, scrutinised how illicit commodity flows shape land and resource use, especially in the global South. This paper offers an initial integration of these two relatively separ…
Beyond proximate and distal causes of land-use change: Linking Individual motivations to deforestation in rural contexts
Rueda, X., M. A. Velez, L. Moros, and L. A. Rodriguez. 2019. Beyond proximate and distal causes of land-use change: linking Individual motivations to deforestation in rural contexts. Ecology and Society 24(1):4. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10617-240104
Criteria for effective zero-deforestation commitments
Zero-deforestation commitments are a type of voluntary sustainability initiative that companies adopt to signal their intention to reduce or eliminate deforestation associated with commodities that they produce, trade, and/or sell. Because each company defines its own zero-deforestation commitment goals and implementation mechanisms, commitment content varies widely. This creates challenges for the assessment of commitment implementation or effec…
Transforming governance in telecoupled food systems
In this paper we analyse how new actors, interests, and resources become salient to food system governance and how the domain of food system governance transforms as a result. Specifically, we focus on how the boundaries of food systems are redefined and new institutions are developed through the explicit recognition of distal interactions and feedbacks—telecoupling—operating in the food system space. Telecoupling can stimulate new forms of gover…
Assessing the potential additionality of certification by the Round table on Responsible Soybeans and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Table We calculate low and high estimates of the fraction of total tree cover loss due to crop expansion, as well as the fraction of tree cover loss attributable to soy or oil palm ""expansion (BAU). Tree cover loss data are derived by applying a 30% canopy cover threshold to annual Landsat-derived percent tree cover data (21), while crop expansion data were downloaded from FAOSTAT (42). Oil palm area for Cambodia was not available from FAOSTAT. …
Effectiveness and synergies of policy instruments for land use governance in tropical regions
Globalization’s unexpected impact on soybean production in South America: Linkages between preferences for non-genetically modified crops, eco-certifications, and land use
In this study we provide empirical evidence that Brazil's continued production of non-genetically modified (GM) soybeans has increased its competitive advantage in European countries with preferences against GM foods. Brazil's strong trade relationship with European consumers has facilitated an upgrading of the soybean supply chain. Upgraded soybean supply chains create new conservation opportunities by allowing farmers to differentiate their pro…
Responding to Globalization: Impacts of Certification on Colombian Small-Scale Coffee Growers
Eco-certification of food and other agricultural products has been promoted as a way of making markets work for sustainability. Certification programs offer a price premium to producers who invest in more sustainable practices. The literature on the impacts of certification has focused primarily on the economic benefits farmers perceive from participating in these schemes. These benefits, however, are often subject to price variability, offering …
Linking Globalization to Local Land Uses: How Eco-Consumers and Gourmands are Changing the Colombian Coffee Landscapes
Effectiveness and synergies of policy instruments for land use governance in tropical regions
Criteria for effective zero-deforestation commitments
Zero-deforestation commitments are a type of voluntary sustainability initiative that companies adopt to signal their intention to reduce or eliminate deforestation associated with commodities that they produce, trade, and/or sell. Because each company defines its own zero-deforestation commitment goals and implementation mechanisms, commitment content varies widely. This creates challenges for the assessment of commitment implementation or effec…
Linking Globalization to Local Land Uses: How Eco-Consumers and Gourmands are Changing the Colombian Coffee Landscapes
Transforming governance in telecoupled food systems
In this paper we analyse how new actors, interests, and resources become salient to food system governance and how the domain of food system governance transforms as a result. Specifically, we focus on how the boundaries of food systems are redefined and new institutions are developed through the explicit recognition of distal interactions and feedbacks—telecoupling—operating in the food system space. Telecoupling can stimulate new forms of gover…
Responding to Globalization: Impacts of Certification on Colombian Small-Scale Coffee Growers
Eco-certification of food and other agricultural products has been promoted as a way of making markets work for sustainability. Certification programs offer a price premium to producers who invest in more sustainable practices. The literature on the impacts of certification has focused primarily on the economic benefits farmers perceive from participating in these schemes. These benefits, however, are often subject to price variability, offering …
Spatialising illicit commodity chains: Comparing coffee and cocaine
Among geographers, recent focus on the illicit and illegal has tended to fall into two camps. Economic geographers focus on regimes of illicitness and corresponding production of specific forms of economic space; political ecologists and land change scholars, on the other hand, scrutinised how illicit commodity flows shape land and resource use, especially in the global South. This paper offers an initial integration of these two relatively separ…
Beyond proximate and distal causes of land-use change: Linking Individual motivations to deforestation in rural contexts
Rueda, X., M. A. Velez, L. Moros, and L. A. Rodriguez. 2019. Beyond proximate and distal causes of land-use change: linking Individual motivations to deforestation in rural contexts. Ecology and Society 24(1):4. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10617-240104
Small-scale gold miners’ preferences on formalization: First steps toward sustainable supply chains in Colombia
Linking Globalization to Local Land Uses: How Eco-Consumers and Gourmands are Changing the Colombian Coffee Landscapes
Globalization’s unexpected impact on soybean production in South America: Linkages between preferences for non-genetically modified crops, eco-certifications, and land use
In this study we provide empirical evidence that Brazil's continued production of non-genetically modified (GM) soybeans has increased its competitive advantage in European countries with preferences against GM foods. Brazil's strong trade relationship with European consumers has facilitated an upgrading of the soybean supply chain. Upgraded soybean supply chains create new conservation opportunities by allowing farmers to differentiate their pro…
Responding to Globalization: Impacts of Certification on Colombian Small-Scale Coffee Growers
Eco-certification of food and other agricultural products has been promoted as a way of making markets work for sustainability. Certification programs offer a price premium to producers who invest in more sustainable practices. The literature on the impacts of certification has focused primarily on the economic benefits farmers perceive from participating in these schemes. These benefits, however, are often subject to price variability, offering …
Effectiveness and synergies of policy instruments for land use governance in tropical regions
Assessing the potential additionality of certification by the Round table on Responsible Soybeans and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Table We calculate low and high estimates of the fraction of total tree cover loss due to crop expansion, as well as the fraction of tree cover loss attributable to soy or oil palm ""expansion (BAU). Tree cover loss data are derived by applying a 30% canopy cover threshold to annual Landsat-derived percent tree cover data (21), while crop expansion data were downloaded from FAOSTAT (42). Oil palm area for Cambodia was not available from FAOSTAT. …
Transforming governance in telecoupled food systems
In this paper we analyse how new actors, interests, and resources become salient to food system governance and how the domain of food system governance transforms as a result. Specifically, we focus on how the boundaries of food systems are redefined and new institutions are developed through the explicit recognition of distal interactions and feedbacks—telecoupling—operating in the food system space. Telecoupling can stimulate new forms of gover…
Criteria for effective zero-deforestation commitments
Zero-deforestation commitments are a type of voluntary sustainability initiative that companies adopt to signal their intention to reduce or eliminate deforestation associated with commodities that they produce, trade, and/or sell. Because each company defines its own zero-deforestation commitment goals and implementation mechanisms, commitment content varies widely. This creates challenges for the assessment of commitment implementation or effec…
Beyond proximate and distal causes of land-use change: Linking Individual motivations to deforestation in rural contexts
Rueda, X., M. A. Velez, L. Moros, and L. A. Rodriguez. 2019. Beyond proximate and distal causes of land-use change: linking Individual motivations to deforestation in rural contexts. Ecology and Society 24(1):4. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10617-240104
Spatialising illicit commodity chains: Comparing coffee and cocaine
Among geographers, recent focus on the illicit and illegal has tended to fall into two camps. Economic geographers focus on regimes of illicitness and corresponding production of specific forms of economic space; political ecologists and land change scholars, on the other hand, scrutinised how illicit commodity flows shape land and resource use, especially in the global South. This paper offers an initial integration of these two relatively separ…
The role of collective action in the cacao sector in enhancing sustainability, market upgrading and agro-biodiversity conservation
Many farmers around the world are confronted with the decision of adopting high-yielding varieties or maintaining the diverse portfolio of ancient varieties and cultivars that constitute the basis of local and global agrobiodiversity. This dilemma often resolves towards ensuring short-term individual profits at the expense of long-term biodiversity conservation. In this paper we argue that specialty markets can act as a driving force to resolve t…
A systematic comparison of deforestation drivers and policy effectiveness across the Amazon biome
The Amazon biome, spanning nine countries, has one of the highest rates of deforestation worldwide. This deforestation contributes to biodiversity loss, climate change, the spread of infectious diseases, and damage to rural and indigenous livelihoods. Hundreds of articles have been published on the topic of deforestation across Amazonia, yet there has been no recent synthesis of deforestation drivers and deforestation-control policy effectiveness…
Global governance through voluntary sustainability standards: Developments, trends and challenges
Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) are transnational governance instruments that can be leveraged to pursue sustainable development in global value chains. They have proliferated since the 1990s in terms of their number and the share of global production they govern. This paper shares some key insights arising from the considerable body of literature that has analysed the role of these instruments for sustainable production and trade. First…
Time Poverty: An Unintended Consequence of Women Participation in Farmers’ Associations
Small-scale gold miners’ preferences on formalization: First steps toward sustainable supply chains in Colombia
Business (12 works) · Economics (12 works) · Ecology (9 works) · Natural resource economics (9 works) · Geography (7 works) · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (7 works) · Agriculture (5 works) · Certification (5 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 works) · Finance (5 works)