In addition to constituting an evolving area of inquiry within the social sciences agricultural certification and particularly its Fair Trade and organic components has emerged as a significant tool for promoting rural development in the global South. This book is unique for two reasons. First in contrast to existing studies that have tended to examine Fair Trade and organic certification as independent systems the studies presented in this book reveal their joint application within actual production settings demonstrating the greater complexity entailed in these double certification systems through the generation of contradictions and tensions compared with single certification systems. Second the authors who are both Asian reveal the realities of applying Fair Trade and organic certification systems within Asian agriculture. In doing so they challenge the fact that most Fair Trade studies have been undertaken by Western scholars who have tended to focus on Latin American and African producers. Drawing on a wealth of grounded case studies conducted in India Thailand and the Philippines this pioneering study on double certification makes a significant contribution to studies on Fair Trade and organic agriculture beyond Asia. |Fair Trade and Organic Initiatives in Asian Agriculture The Hidden Realities | Economics
