ALT Can a climate regulation designed to protect forests end up pushing small farmers out of global trade? That's the uncomfortable question Dr. Felipe Roa-Clavijo, PhD of the Universidad de Los Andes explores in his latest piece on the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and its implications for Colombian coffee and cocoa producers. The EUDR requires full traceability and proof of deforestation-free production to access the EU market. In principle: a good idea. In practice, the burden of compliance doesn't land evenly. Smallholders operating with informal land tenure, limited connectivity, and no access to georeferencing services face a very different reality than large commercial exporters. Felipe argues the real question isn't "are producers ready?", but instead it should be "are public institutions ready to make compliance possible for everyone, not just those who can already afford it?"