Organic Certification Schemes Managerial Skills And Associated Costs Synthesis Report From Case Studies In The Rice And Vegetable Sectors

Author : Santacoloma, P.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Natural foods
ISBN : 9251057710

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Organic certification schemes: managerial skills and associated costs. Synthesis report from case studies in the rice and vegetable sectors by Santacoloma, P. Pdf

This paper studies alternative certification schemes for organic products in order to draw conclusions regarding the institutional support and technological development required for compliance with organic standards. It discusses third party certification, for both individuals and farmer groups, as well as participatory certification. Case studies from developing countries and countries in transition engaged in organic rice and organic fruit and vegetable production are examined. Issues analysed include the organizational structure and marketing strategies in the organic supply chain. The paper also discusses the institutional development that is needed to provide business and technical services and establish the quality assurance system. Organizational, managerial and business skills required by the lead stakeholders in the organic chain are analysed as well as the costs that they incur for effectively managing organic projects. Similarly, the managerial skills required at the farm level are considered as is the use of cost-benefit analysis. The paper also reviews the legal and institutional framework that facilitates organic production and certification. The paper is aimed at staff of government, private and non-government organizations working at the policy level and in the field, and at donors' organizations that support organic production and certification.

Author : Kuit, M.,Waarts, Y.
Publisher : CTA
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789290815686

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Small-scale farmers, certification schemes and private standards by Kuit, M.,Waarts, Y. Pdf

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.

Author : Wendy Harcourt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137022349

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Women Reclaiming Sustainable Livelihoods by Wendy Harcourt Pdf

This volume highlights women's work sustaining local economies and environments, particularly in response to the current food, fuel and climate crises. It includes women's role in the green entrepreneurship, women's reproductive and productive work in the care economy, and a further examination of eco feminist debates.

Author : Sai Vidya Institute of Technololgy
Publisher : Archers & Elevators Publishing House
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789383241828

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Emerging Indian Scenario Harnessing the Opportunities by Sai Vidya Institute of Technololgy Pdf

Author : Kimberly Etingoff
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781771883856

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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Supply by Kimberly Etingoff Pdf

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. As we realize the ways in which our food systems contribute and respond to climate change, sustainable agriculture becomes increasingly crucial. It is a complicated, multi-dimensional issue, which should be considered from a variety of angles. This compendium includes the perspectives of science, economics, sociology, and policy. The editor and contributors present an international and comprehensive perspective that examines the concept of sustainability as it applies to the food supply chain from farm to fork.

Author : Rajeev Bhat,Vicente M. Gómez-López
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118474600

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Practical Food Safety by Rajeev Bhat,Vicente M. Gómez-López Pdf

The past few years have witnessed an upsurge in incidences relating to food safety issues, which are all attributed to different factors. Today, with the increase in knowledge and available databases on food safety issues, the world is witnessing tremendous efforts towards the development of new, economical and environmentally-friendly techniques for maintaining the quality of perishable foods and agro-based commodities. The intensification of food safety concerns reflects a major global awareness of foods in world trade. Several recommendations have been put forward by various world governing bodies and committees to solve food safety issues, which are all mainly targeted at benefiting consumers. In addition, economic losses and instability to a particular nation or region caused by food safety issues can be huge. Various ‘non-dependent’ risk factors can be involved with regard to food safety in a wide range of food commodities such as fresh fruits, vegetables, seafood, poultry, meat and meat products. Additionally, food safety issues involves a wide array of issues including processed foods, packaging, post-harvest preservation, microbial growth and spoilage, food poisoning, handling at the manufacturing units, food additives, presence of banned chemicals and drugs, and more. Rapid change in climatic conditions is also playing a pivotal role with regard to food safety issues, and increasing the anxiety about our ability to feed the world safely. Practical Food Safety: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions takes a multi-faceted approach to the subject of food safety, covering various aspects ranging from microbiological to chemical issues, and from basic knowledge to future perspectives. This is a book exclusively designed to simultaneously encourage consideration of the present knowledge and future possibilities of food safety. This book also covers the classic topics required for all books on food safety, and encompasses the most recent updates in the field. Leading researchers have addressed new issues and have put forth novel research findings that will affect the world in the future, and suggesting how these should be faced. This book will be useful for researchers engaged in the field of food science and food safety, food industry personnel engaged in safety aspects, and governmental and non-governmental agencies involved in establishing guidelines towards establishing safety measures for food and agricultural commodities.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251093276

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Innovative markets for sustainable agriculture by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Between 2013 and 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) undertook a survey of innovative approaches that enable markets to act as incentives in the transition towards sustainable agriculture in developing countries. Through a competitive selection process, 15 cases from around the world provide insights into how small-scale initiatives that use sustainable production practices are supported by market demand, and create innovations in the institutions that govern sustainable practices and market exchanges. These cases respond to both local and distant consumers’ concerns about the quality of the food that they eat. The book evidences that the initiatives rely upon social values (e.g. trustworthiness, health [nutrition and food safety], food sovereignty, promotion of youth and rural development, farmer and community livelihoods) to adapt sustainable practices to local contexts, while creating new market outlets for food products. Specifically, private sector and civil society actors are leading partnerships with the public sector to build market infrastructure, integrate sustainable agriculture into private and public education and extension programmes, and ensure the exchange of transparent information about market opportunities. The results are: (i) system innovations that allow new rules for marketing and assuring the sustainable qualities of products; (ii) new forms of organization that permit actors to play multiple roles in the food system (e.g. farmer and auditor, farmer and researcher, consumer and auditor, consumer and intermediary); (iii) new forms of market exchange, such as box schemes, university kiosks, public procurement or systems of seed exchanges; and (iv) new technologies for sustainable agriculture (e.g. effective micro-organisms, biopesticides and soil analysis techniques). The public sector plays a key role in providing legitimate political and physical spaces for multiple actors to jointly create and share sustainable agricultural knowledge, practices and products.

Author : Muchie, Mammo,Lukhele-Olorunju, Phindil,Akpor, Oghenerobor B.
Publisher : Africa Institute of South Africa
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780798303873

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The African Union Ten Years After by Muchie, Mammo,Lukhele-Olorunju, Phindil,Akpor, Oghenerobor B. Pdf

This book looks at the first ten years of the African Union. This is the second in a series of books that will be produced each year from annual conferences held on the multi-faceted issue of African liberation. The key themes of the book explore ways of improving the effectiveness of the African Union, fostering unity amongst African countries through entrenchment of pan-Africanism, and building ownership of the African Union by the African people and their communities. In addition, the thoughts of key figures of pan-Africanism and black emancipation, such as Sylvester Williams and Franz Fanon, are re-positioned to even greater contemporary relevance. Through its promotion of Ethiopianism, pan-Africanism and the African renaissance, we trust that this book will add new interest and a fresh perspective to how Africans move forward together into a post-colonial era where policies and actions are determined by the united agency of liberated Africans the world over.

Author : Cora Dankers,Pascal Liu,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Raw Materials, Tropical and Horticultural Products Service
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251050686

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Environmental and Social Standards, Certification and Labelling for Cash Crops by Cora Dankers,Pascal Liu,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Raw Materials, Tropical and Horticultural Products Service Pdf

Workplace safety and environmental sustainability can be promoted by agreed standards, certification and labelling. This publication contains 22 case studies on the impact of standards and certification programmes for cash crops in developing countries, including organic agriculture, fair-trade labelling, "Social Accountability 8000", the Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Programme, the Ethical Trading Initiative, ISO-14001 and EurepGap. It examines the origins, scope and certification systems of these initiatives, as well as stakeholder involvement, the standard-setting process, verification methods, the relationship with the World Trade Organization agreements and the potential role of governments.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UIUC:30112102098065

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Bibliography of Agriculture by Anonim Pdf

Author : Minou Yussefi-Menzler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136535239

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The World of Organic Agriculture by Minou Yussefi-Menzler Pdf

The new edition of this annual publication (previously published solely by IFOAM and FiBL) documents recent developments in global organic agriculture. It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector from throughout the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover surface area under organic management, numbers of farms and specific information about commodities and land use in organic systems. The book also contains information on the global market of the burgeoning organic sector, the latest developments in organic certification, standards and regulations, and insights into current status and emerging trends for organic agriculture by continent from the worlds foremost experts. For this edition, all statistical data and regional review chapters have been thoroughly updated. Completely new chapters on organic agriculture in the Pacific, on the International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture and on organic aquaculture have been added. Published with IFOAM and FiBL

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Power resources
ISBN : MINN:30000006283257

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Energy Research Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 974 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Power resources
ISBN : UIUC:30112018073756

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ERDA Energy Research Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924063043263

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Agrindex by Anonim Pdf

Author : Maurizio Canavari,Kent D. Olson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780387395821

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Organic Food by Maurizio Canavari,Kent D. Olson Pdf

The book gives an overview of the organic food sector, both in Italy and in the US. It covers economic issues raised by organic farming, taking into account the consumer's needs but also the managerial and budget constraints experienced by the farmers. The book also details how agricultural economists perform analyses dealing with organic produce at different points in the supply chain.