Can standards save organic farming from conventionalisation? Dynamics of collective projects and rules in a French organic producers' organisation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4887793 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ivan Dufeu (0000-0003-1397-3090, Laboratoire GRANEM, EA 7456, IUT d’Angers University of Angers 4 Boulevard de Lavoisier Angers 49000 France, corresponding author), R Le Velly (0000-0002-7334-3157, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement), Jean‐pierre Bréchet (Laboratoire LEMNA, EA 4272. Institut d’Administration des Entreprises University of Nantes Nantes France), Allison Loconto (0000-0001-8949-186X, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences Innovations Sociétés (LISIS), UMR ESIEE Paris – INRAE – UPEM No1236/FRE CNRS No3705 France) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 621-638 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soru.12298 |
| OpenAlex | W3008722534 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 53 |
The unintended consequences of standards and certification schemes, particularly their challenges for alternative agri-food networks, is a core concern of rural sociology. The conventionalisation of organic agriculture is a prime example. In this article, we contribute to this debate by studying standards that organic farmers developed for themselves within a French organic producers' organisation. We introduce a 'regulationist theory of collective action' and show that these farmers crafted specific rules that go beyond the EU regulation, which in turn gave life to their own alternative, collective project. We thus demonstrate that standardisation and certification do not inevitably engender conventionalisation
Action (physics) · Agriculture · Business · Certification · Collective action · Core (optical fiber) · Economics · Geography · Management · Organic certification · Organic farming · Political science · Telecommunications · Unintended consequences · Engineering · French Urban and Social Studies · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Law · Organic Food and Agriculture
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |