Private sustainability certification and local transformations in cocoa production

Certification privée pour la production de cacao durable et ses transformations locales

Franziska Ollendorf
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Franziska Ollendorf: LISST - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités, Sociétés, Territoires - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT - Université de Toulouse - ENSFEA - École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole de Toulouse-Auzeville - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INP - PURPAN - Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - UT - Université de Toulouse

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Abstract: Based on a UTZ certification project in Ghana, this article analyzes the transformations occurring in the functioning of the cacao sector at the local level. The certification system put in place using a private-private partnership is effective in terms of technical support and agricultural training and seems to have a positive impact on productivity. But the life circumstances of producers and their position in the sector are not improved in a sustainable way; rather, we find reinforced asymmetries.

Keywords: certification; Cacao; governance; sustainable development; Ghana; gouvernance; développement durable (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-11-29
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Published in Systèmes alimentaires / Food Systems, 2017, 2017 (2), pp.103-112. ⟨10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-07196-9.p.0103⟩

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DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-07196-9.p.0103

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