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The Institutional Environment for Certified Organic Agriculture in China: A review, some landscaping and a framework agenda for more analysis

Egelyng, Henrik; Yu Hui, Qiao and Li, Luping (2006) The Institutional Environment for Certified Organic Agriculture in China: A review, some landscaping and a framework agenda for more analysis. Paper at: International Conference on Challenges Facing Chinese Agriculture and the West Development Strategy, Yangling, Shaanxi China, July 6-7 2006. [Unpublished]

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From a development research perspective this paper presents a framework for exploring the Chinese case of certified organic agriculture (COA). Departing from an analysis of the globalisation of certified organic agriculture, we first present our theoretical approach and then review the small, but recent existing social science literature on ecological-green-organic agriculture in China. One line of inquiry is exploring how far developments in COA are driven by export aspirations, market actors and their agencies and how far the same developments already involve civil society and domestically oriented government agencies. We proceed to briefly outline the development of the formal institutional landscape of Chinese organic farming. Finally, we present a preliminary analytical framework for further exploring how far COA is institutionally embedded in China and present our agenda for development research on Chinese COA.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Paper
Keywords:China organic agriculture institutional environment
Subjects: Values, standards and certification > Regulation
"Organics" in general > History of organics
Research affiliation: Denmark > DARCOF III (2005-2010) > GLOBALORG - Sustainability of organic farming in a global food chains perspective
Related Links:http://www.globalorg.org
Deposited By: Egelyng, Dr. Henrik
ID Code:10575
Deposited On:18 Apr 2007
Last Modified:12 Apr 2010 07:35
Document Language:English
Status:Unpublished
Refereed:Not peer-reviewed
Additional Publishing Information:This paper worked is working as a pre-decessor for a manuscript on the institutional environment for organic farming in China. One such manuscript has later been submitted for an international journal, another is in the making.

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