Quality certification, regulation and power in fair trade

Article Abstract:

The governance changes and shifting power relations within the fair-labelling network are examined. It is evident that trends such as a growing complexity of fair-labelling markets, the centralization of its regulating bodies, and the normalization of certification processes have altered power relations to the detriment of small producers and at the same time this 'fair' market niche has become more desirable to dominant market actors leading to a combination of factors that has triggered the fair-trade network.

United States

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Co-construction of agency and environmental management: The case of agri-environmental policy implementation at Finnish farms

Article Abstract:

The main challenges of European environmental regulation is to recruit local-level actors to fulfil set targets and targets of the agri-environmental policy of the European Union have been achieved on Finnish farms. The policy aims to integrate ecological objectives into current farming practices which is based on governing and self-governance of independent actors and their active interference with nature through farming practices.

Finland, Government domestic functions, European Union, Environmental policy, Sustainable development, Environmental law

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Fair trade: quality, market and conventions

Article Abstract:

The Fair trade, one of the alternative agro-food networks are discussed which links producers of the South with consumers of the North and help the producers elude the full weight of the market forces. The evolution and the challenges faced by the network are analyzed in the light of the convention theory and its application to the ambit of agro-food.

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