Participatory certifications for organic production are proliferating around the world,
especially in India and Latin America. Costa Rica is one of the Latin American countries that …

Food security faces many multifaceted challenges, with effects ranging far beyond the
sectors of agriculture and food science and involving all the multiscale components of …

Organic agriculture (OA) is often regarded as a sustainable agricultural pathway for
smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, and an increasing number of initiatives …

Participatory guarantee systems (PGS) are locally-embedded guarantee systems that
allegedly empower local smallholders. Although PGS are often implemented in the realm of …

ABSTRACT Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) provide an alternative certification
system for smallholder organic farmers producing for the domestic market. Officially …

Growing worldwide interest in Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) requires an
exploration of how countries approach PGS institutionalization. Through document analysis …

Expectations and interest are high in participatory guarantee systems (PGS) as a context-
specific alternative to third-party sustainability certification. Self-defined criteria …

In response to the neoliberal regulation of the organic agri-food sector through third-party
certification (TPC), participatory guarantee systems (PGS) are advocated for their potential to …

Third-party certification programs promise to improve livelihoods and promote sustainable
production, yet achieving such goals rests on certification programs working well with …

Alternative food networks (AFN) are argued to provide platforms to re-socialize and re-
spacealize food, establish and contribute to democratic participation in local food chains …