The prevalence of food quality standards in international trade is constantly increasing and has a growing influence on … and on the debate of whether international standards exclude small-scale farmers from high-value food markets. Otherwise … incontrovertible standards, what happens to the farmers that are excluded from a specific certified market, and to what extent small …

standards, and FLO-Cert company, which verifies the producers? and traders? compliance with these standards. This …

tolerance standards: organics (i.e., zero-synthetic chemicals). The focus is on the governance of organic standards in the rural …

sustainability standards in the coffee industry. The underlying market dynamics that have contributed to these developments are … of sustainability standards and by the existence of a small segment of loyal Fair Trade customers that ensured that … which they built in adopting or developing new standards that would be more feasible in their business models. Copyright The …

equilibria, and by setting high standards that are less likely to be devalued by low quality firms. …