Integrated agriculture labelling and consumer information: Retailer’s strategies and regulatory issues in European context
International audience The development of consumer concerns in the European context about food safety and environmental consequences of farming systems lead to the recent multiplication of private technical specifications to be applied by farmers on the request of large retailers and agrofood firms....
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ftagroparistech:oai:HAL:hal-02827103v1 2023-05-15T16:49:56+02:00 Integrated agriculture labelling and consumer information: Retailer’s strategies and regulatory issues in European context Mazé, Armelle Systèmes Agraires Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires (SADAPT) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA P-G) Rhode, Iceland 2005-07-24 https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02827103 en eng HAL CCSD hal-02827103 https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02827103 PRODINRA: 23891 The American Agricultural Economics Association, Annual Meeting https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02827103 The American Agricultural Economics Association, Annual Meeting, Jul 2005, Rhode, Iceland. 24 p AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference papers 2005 ftagroparistech 2023-04-04T22:25:59Z International audience The development of consumer concerns in the European context about food safety and environmental consequences of farming systems lead to the recent multiplication of private technical specifications to be applied by farmers on the request of large retailers and agrofood firms. These technical specifications on production define what is called Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) guidelines, Environmental Management Systems (EMS) or “integrated agriculture”. However, the lack of harmonized and scientifically based definition of GAP guidelines creates a lot of confusion and difficulties for their implementation by a large number of farmers, but as well regarding consumers information. This paper analyses the alternatives standard setting strategies developed in the european context in order to solve these impediments. The comparison focuses on the strategies developed by trans-national large retailer associations (EUREP system, BRC) and another option recently set up in France with a labelling regulation on “integrated agriculture” with a private certification system. Conference Object Iceland AgroParisTech: HAL (Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement) |
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International audience The development of consumer concerns in the European context about food safety and environmental consequences of farming systems lead to the recent multiplication of private technical specifications to be applied by farmers on the request of large retailers and agrofood firms. These technical specifications on production define what is called Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) guidelines, Environmental Management Systems (EMS) or “integrated agriculture”. However, the lack of harmonized and scientifically based definition of GAP guidelines creates a lot of confusion and difficulties for their implementation by a large number of farmers, but as well regarding consumers information. This paper analyses the alternatives standard setting strategies developed in the european context in order to solve these impediments. The comparison focuses on the strategies developed by trans-national large retailer associations (EUREP system, BRC) and another option recently set up in France with a labelling regulation on “integrated agriculture” with a private certification system. |
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Systèmes Agraires Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires (SADAPT) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA P-G) |
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Integrated agriculture labelling and consumer information: Retailer’s strategies and regulatory issues in European context |
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Integrated agriculture labelling and consumer information: Retailer’s strategies and regulatory issues in European context |
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Integrated agriculture labelling and consumer information: Retailer’s strategies and regulatory issues in European context |
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Integrated agriculture labelling and consumer information: Retailer’s strategies and regulatory issues in European context |
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Integrated agriculture labelling and consumer information: Retailer’s strategies and regulatory issues in European context |
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integrated agriculture labelling and consumer information: retailer’s strategies and regulatory issues in european context |
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The American Agricultural Economics Association, Annual Meeting https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02827103 The American Agricultural Economics Association, Annual Meeting, Jul 2005, Rhode, Iceland. 24 p |
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hal-02827103 https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02827103 PRODINRA: 23891 |
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