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1. 1. Assessing the relationship between certifications and farm sustainability : a study of short marketing channels and farmers’ perceptions in Catalonia

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Miquel Saludas Cohi; [2016]
   Keywords : sustainability; SAFA; DSRP; participatory guarantee systems; agroecology; Catalonia;

   Abstract : The use of voluntary policies with the form of certifications or guarantee systems together with Short Marketing Channels seem a consolidated system aiming at ‘resocialize’ and ‘relocalize’ food chain actors which upon a sustainable food system must be built. In the organic food certifications two different approaches coexist in Catalonia, the European organic third-party certification (CCPAE) and a regional Participatory Guarantee System (PGS). READ MORE