Journal
RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 109-114Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170518000455
Keywords
Certifications; labels; organic agriculture; pragmatism; value chain
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- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad
- Secretaria de Estado de Investigacion, Desarrollo e Innovacion, Spain [CSO2017-85188-R, HAR2016-76094-C4-1-R]
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This commentary argues for strengthening the dialogue between the social and natural sciences as part of a more comprehensive sustainable approach to ecological farming practices that go beyond a focus on specific labels and certifications. It nuances the approach provided by Homeet al. in their study of Swiss farms converting to organic agriculture, in emphasizing the need to deepen the study of such farming practices by including a broad vision of global value chains and a pragmatic approach to innovation and the different stakeholders involved. Ultimately, it calls for a more complex approach to eco-agriculture in its widest sense, that goes beyond dichotomies about conversion, certification and labeling. This would provide alternatives for researchers and other actors to move forward in theory and practice.
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