Beyond equivalency: comparing governance and sustainability of three North American organic standards

IF 2.4 3区农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems Pub Date : 2023-09-21 DOI:10.1080/21683565.2023.2254717

Susanna Klassen, Erika Luna-Perez, Noa Bridson, Laura Castrejón Violante, Hannah Wittman, Navin Ramankutty

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Abstract

We compare the extent to which national organic standards in North America reflect principles and benchmark practices for agricultural sustainability, and the governance and legal context that shape them. We find that Canada has the strongest principles, and the US the weakest. Mexican and Canadian standards are stronger in terms of sustainable management practices than the US. No standards contained practice requirements related to social and employment standards. Our research describes how governance processes shape the establishment of national standards. We also find that the laws that govern organic regimes do not necessarily reflect the content of the standards.

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超越对等:比较三个北美有机标准的治理和可持续性

我们比较了北美国家有机标准在多大程度上反映了农业可持续性的原则和基准实践，以及形成它们的治理和法律环境。我们发现，加拿大的原则最强，而美国的原则最弱。在可持续管理实践方面，墨西哥和加拿大的标准要强于美国。没有任何标准包含与社会和就业标准有关的实践要求。我们的研究描述了治理过程如何影响国家标准的建立。我们还发现，管理有机制度的法律不一定反映标准的内容。

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Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

7.70%

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期刊介绍： Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems is devoted to the rapidly emerging fields of agroecology and food system sustainability. By linking scientific inquiry and productive practice with transformative social action, agroecology provides a foundation for developing the alternative food systems of the future. The journal focuses on the changes that need to occur in the design and management of our food systems in order to balance natural resource use and environmental protection with the needs of production, economic viability, food security, and the social well-being of all people. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems examines our current food systems from production to consumption, and the urgent need to transition to long-term sustainability. The journal promotes the study and application of agroecology for developing alternatives to the complex problems of resource depletion, environmental degradation, a narrowing of agrobiodiversity, continued world hunger, consolidation and industrialization of the food system, climate change, and the loss of farm land. The journal uses a food systems approach, and seeks experiences in agroecology that are on-farm, participatory, change-oriented, and backed by broad-based methodologies of sustainability analysis and evaluation.