Rainforest Alliance certification checklist: geolocation, no-conversion, and farm records | DEAP…

ExportReady Africa: https://www.exportreadyafrica.com Rainforest Alliance certification is increasingly requested by cocoa and coffee buyers as evidence of sustainability. The programme absorbed the former U T Z standard into a unified programme. Its readiness requirements overlap substantially with E U D R due diligence. That overlap matters because the same careful investment in farm data can advance both needs instead of creating two disconnected collection projects. Module 11 — Pre-Certification Readiness Checklists · Lesson 4 of the free course "DEAP Export Tools & Services: The Complete Exporter's Toolkit". In this lesson: • Sustainability Evidence • Start With Every Plot • Check Geolocation Quality • Identify Data Gaps • Evidence No Deforestation • Record Farm Practices • Document Labour Conditions • Prevent Child Labour • Run an Internal System • Test the System Today • Use the E U D R Overlap • Close Every Gap --- This video provides general educational guidance, not legal, customs, banking or financial advice. Rules, tariffs, finance terms and institutional processes can change. Verify the current position with the competent authority, your bank and your licensed customs or trade adviser before committing price, production, finance or shipment. Official references: • Nigerian Export Promotion Council — exporter e-registration requirements: https://nepc.gov.ng/get-started/e-registra... • NAFDAC — official application forms: https://nafdac.gov.ng/regulatory-resources... • Rainforest Alliance — certification requirements: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/ • EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on organic production: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN... Narration is AI-generated from the ExportReady Africa course and reviewed by ExportReady Africa.