Fairtrade, Food Security and Globalization: Building Alternative Food Systems
This article examines the politics and practices of Fairtrade certification in order to assess whether this alternative trading system could contribute to innovative solutions for global food security. The analysis begins by assessing the main challenges and problems characterizing the contemporary...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2016-05-01
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| description | This article examines the politics and practices of Fairtrade certification in order to assess whether this alternative trading system could contribute to innovative solutions for global food security. The analysis begins by assessing the main challenges and problems characterizing the contemporary global food system. It then explores the history, vision and certification standards of the Fairtrade label. In the third section, the results of the impact studies of Fairtrade certification on producer livelihoods are discussed, analyzing the various strengths and weaknesses. Finally the article analyzes whether, and how, the Fairtrade system could positively contribute to improving global food security. To conclude this paper argues that the greatest strength of Fairtrate is not the certification mechanism itself but rather the social and environmental principles it represents. Fairtrade standards could serve to inform broader international policies, which could lead to a sustainable transformation of the global food system. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-532a7479047f4741b816ae47fd2ee7a42025-02-02T08:42:17ZspaFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede EcuadorÍconos2224-69831390-12492016-05-01205521524010.17141/iconos.55.2016.1959Fairtrade, Food Security and Globalization: Building Alternative Food SystemsMartin Calisto Friant0Fundación Terrasapiens, EcuadorThis article examines the politics and practices of Fairtrade certification in order to assess whether this alternative trading system could contribute to innovative solutions for global food security. The analysis begins by assessing the main challenges and problems characterizing the contemporary global food system. It then explores the history, vision and certification standards of the Fairtrade label. In the third section, the results of the impact studies of Fairtrade certification on producer livelihoods are discussed, analyzing the various strengths and weaknesses. Finally the article analyzes whether, and how, the Fairtrade system could positively contribute to improving global food security. To conclude this paper argues that the greatest strength of Fairtrate is not the certification mechanism itself but rather the social and environmental principles it represents. Fairtrade standards could serve to inform broader international policies, which could lead to a sustainable transformation of the global food system.http://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/1959/1445Fairtradeorganic agricultureagro ecologyglobal food securityfood sovereigntyinternational food policyalternative food systemssocial and solidarity economy |
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| title | Fairtrade, Food Security and Globalization: Building Alternative Food Systems |
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| title_short | Fairtrade, Food Security and Globalization: Building Alternative Food Systems |
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| topic | Fairtrade organic agriculture agro ecology global food security food sovereignty international food policy alternative food systems social and solidarity economy |
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