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| Fonseca, Maria Fernanda; Wilkinson, John; Egelyng, Henrik; Mascarenhas, Gilberto. |
| Since the nineties the Brazilian organic movements have been looking for alternatives to certification. They have argued that in and of itself or alone certification of family farms and small enterprise is not enough to promote either the learning processes associated with organic production or stimulate development of the local market. The discussion on a Brazilian System for Fair Trade began in 2004, and PGS were considered helpful for organizing farmers, providing guarantees and improving the market. In 2007, a draft of PGS regulation for use in organic was elaborated. The same actors who helped build the Organic System are also discussing Fair Trade System. With the help of public resources, NGOs and family farmers have established systems that... |
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Palavras-chave: Regulation; Technology assessment. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/12356/1/Fonseca_12356_ed.pdf |
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| Fonseca, Maria Fernanda; Wilkinson, John. |
| This paper analyses the networks of production, marketing, and consumption of organics products understood as specific quality products, using an interdisciplinary approach to understand how institutions are constructed, how standards and rules are established and implemented, and which values and habits are negotiated, enforced, and regulated. Governments and Civil Society are both important for coordinating the organic agrifood systems, given the diversity of cultures, ideas, policies, territories, habits and regulatory systems. Transaction Costs Theory, French Convention Theory, Social Network Analyses, and Actor-Network Theory are all approaches that help to analyse the diversity of relations established between actors in agrifood systems designed to... |
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Palavras-chave: Farming Systems. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/4345/4/Fonseca_etal_4p_revised%2Ded.doc |
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