The emergence of Southern standards in agricultural value chains: A new trend in sustainability governance?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 175-184

  Schouten, Greetje ^a,b   Bitzer, Verena ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Global value chains; Legitimacy; Private governance; Sustainability standards

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; COGNITION; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENTREPRENEUR; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MONOCOTYLEDON; PRIVATIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TREND ANALYSIS; VALUATION;

INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84946573680     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.10.017     Document Type: Article

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