Essays about: "transition organic certification"

Found 3 essays containing the words transition organic certification.

  1. 1. Self-Organized Community Institutions: A Way to Strengthen Local Social Sustainability? A Case Study of PGS Viêt Nam

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

    Author : Carla Böttinger; [2019]
    Keywords : Organic Farming; Safe Vegetables; Quality Insurance System within Agricultural Value Chain; Multi-Stakeholder Certification; Participatory Guarantee System; Collective Action; Self-Organized Institutions; Future Food Systems; Social Sustainability; Community Resilience; Viêt Nam; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Over the last years, the conventional agricultural system has increasingly been pointed out as one of the most problematic sector for the environment and the global public health. At the same time, the organic farming sector has more and more been presented as a sustainable answer to that problem. READ MORE

  3. 2. Farming in the European Union: from organic to sustainable. An assessment of a legal transition based on land stewardship and participatory guarantee systems

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Javier Munoz-Blanco Garcia; [2015]
    Keywords : participatory guarantee systems; land stewardship; organic farming; agroecology; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The conventional agricultural production system is not sustainable. Organic agriculture is assumed to be sustainable from the environmental perspective, and its production and labelling has been regulated in the European Union (EU). READ MORE

  4. 3. Livelihood and transition to certified cacao production in the Peruvian Amazonas : gendered responsibilities in Irazola

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Carin Emenius; [2012]
    Keywords : cacao; livelihoods; Amazonas; Peru; gendered responsibilities; transition organic certification;

    Abstract : Peru is recorded as the second largest organic cacao producer and the second largest coca producerin the world. Consequently, the demand has made cacao an important alternative crop for coca.Cacao can just be grown around the equator and is therefore an attractive cash-crop for export tocountries in Europe and North America. READ MORE