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ArticleAmbio2017

Governance of agro-pesticide through private environmental and social standards in the global cut flower chain from Ethiopia.

Belay T Mengistie, Arthur P J Mol, Peter Oosterveer

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Article in Ambio, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Belay T MengistieHollandseweg 1, 6706 KN, Wageningen, The Netherlands. belay.mengistie@wur.nl.
Arthur P J MolHollandseweg 1, 6706 KN, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Peter OosterveerHollandseweg 1, 6706 KN, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Funding

NFP 2100882301 kp 3709
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The international cut flower industry is strongly criticized because of its environmental impacts and unsafe working conditions. Increasing certification of cut flowers is used to improve the growers' environmental and social performance. But what is the impact of this private governance instrument on regulating the use of pesticides? This paper assesses the potential of private certification on governing the environmental and social problems from pesticide use along the global cut flower supply chain. We use detailed farm-level data to analyse the environmental and social impacts of flower certification in Ethiopia by comparing different national and international certification schemes. Our analysis does not show significant differences between these different private standards for most environmental and health and safety variables. The Ethiopian cut flower industry remains far from improving its sustainability performance through private certification. However, certification schemes may enable farmers to have access to international markets and keep up their reputation.

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AgricultureFlowersPesticidesEthiopiaFarmersGovernment RegulationHumansPesticidesCut flowerEthiopiaPesticidePrivate certification

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PMID28477322
PMCPMC5622879

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