Recreating the Banana Grower: The Role of Private Certification Systems in the Windward Islands Banana Industry

• Published in: Culture Unbound
• Main Author: Haakon Aasprong
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2012
• Subjects: Certification; private standards; political rationalities; agrifood networks; banana farming; the Windward Islands; General Works; A; Ward Islands
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/3b3c7322011542b4b41c2972c55adf3f

Private standards and certification schemes in agrifood networks tend to be de-scribed as neoliberal, suggesting that they share a common understanding of that which they seek to govern and the tools to be used. Although such certification systems do have many features in common, this article argues...