Small-scale farmers, certification schemes and private standards: Is there a business case?

Certification of agricultural products (organic certification, Fairtrade etc.) is often expected to provide a wide array of benefits for small-scale farmers. These include poverty alleviation, reduced environmental impact and food safety. This wide-ranging synthesis of 270 studies presents an analys...

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Autores principales: Kuit, M., Waarts, Y.
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2014
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75501
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description Certification of agricultural products (organic certification, Fairtrade etc.) is often expected to provide a wide array of benefits for small-scale farmers. These include poverty alleviation, reduced environmental impact and food safety. This wide-ranging synthesis of 270 studies presents an analysis of the benefits – but also the costs – of such schemes. Crucially it demonstrates that the decision to invest must be based on sound economic principles. Clearly laid out and argued, the text also provides recommendations to improve the certification business case and impact on smallholders.
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spelling CGSpace755012019-09-02T15:00:15Z Small-scale farmers, certification schemes and private standards: Is there a business case? Kuit, M. Waarts, Y. Certification of agricultural products (organic certification, Fairtrade etc.) is often expected to provide a wide array of benefits for small-scale farmers. These include poverty alleviation, reduced environmental impact and food safety. This wide-ranging synthesis of 270 studies presents an analysis of the benefits – but also the costs – of such schemes. Crucially it demonstrates that the decision to invest must be based on sound economic principles. Clearly laid out and argued, the text also provides recommendations to improve the certification business case and impact on smallholders. 2014 2016-05-31T15:33:33Z 2016-05-31T15:33:33Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75501 en Open Access application/pdf Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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