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An understanding of factors influencing the decision of rural people to keep sheep and/or goats is crucial when formulating technologies and policies that support village-based small ruminant production. The knowledge of such factors will also improve assessment of impact intervention strategies...
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embraced private standards, usually with some form of third party certification employed to verify adherence to those standards …
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. In response, the organization Local Food Plus (LFP) developed standards and a certification process to authenticate local … and sustainable claims. LFP provides certification seals, and labeling provisions for qualifying producers and processors …
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We live in an age defined in large part by various facets of neoliberalism. In particular, the market world has impinged on virtually every aspect of food and agriculture. Moreover, most nation-states and many international governance bodies incorporate aspects of neoliberal perspectives....
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-party certification. Fairtrade, one of the most popular third-party certifications in the agro-food sector, is currently expanding its …, product standardization and certification and (2) alternative domestic and civic conventions, rooted in trust, personal ties … certification on the ground as revealed through a case study of certified flower production in Ecuador. Copyright Springer Science …
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As concerns heighten over links between biomass production and land grabs in the global south, attention is turning to understanding the role of governance of biofuels systems, whereby decision-making and conduct are not solely determined through government regulations but increasingly shaped by...
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peer review, systems of certification and towards third party certification, in which a disinterested party is responsible … limitations of the third party certification model and presents the case of Mexico as an example of how an alternative form of … participatory certification has emerged. The paper suggests that participatory guarantee systems (PGS) are reflective of the growing …
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addressing social and environmental problems, a growing number of certification systems have appeared in various sectors …, particularly agrifood. Most initiatives rely on independent third-party certification to verify compliance with a standard, as it … is seen as the most credible route for certification. The effects of third-party audits, however, still need to be …
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In response to the chronic overuse and misuse of pesticides in agriculture, governments in Southeast Asia have sought to improve food safety by introducing public standards of good agricultural practices (GAP). Using quantitative farm-level data from an intensive horticultural production system...
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survey of organic farmers in California about the possible incorporation of social standards into organic certification … criteria. Our findings suggest that, at best, lukewarm support for social certification within organic agriculture exists among …
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