Certified organic agriculture in China and Brazil: Market accessibility and outcomes following adoption

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1785-1793

  Oelofse, Myles ^a   Høgh Jensen, Henning ^b   Abreu, Lucimar S ^c   Almeida, Gustavo F ^d   Hui, Qiao Yu ^e   Sultan, Tursinbek ^f   de Neergaard, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^e CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; China; Market access; Organic agriculture; Sustainable livelihoods

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CERTIFICATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARKET SYSTEM; ORGANIC FARMING;

BRAZIL; CHINA;

EID: 77955551926     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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