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Could global norms enable definition of sustainable farming systems in a transformative international trade system?
This paper aims to support differentiation between sustainable and unsustainable agricultural production, with a view to enabling a transformative agricultural trade system by incentivizing sustainable agricultural production. We argue that transformative governance of corresponding global trade flo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10042758/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37008991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43621-023-00130-0 |
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description | This paper aims to support differentiation between sustainable and unsustainable agricultural production, with a view to enabling a transformative agricultural trade system by incentivizing sustainable agricultural production. We argue that transformative governance of corresponding global trade flows will need to provide support to the weaker participants in production systems, above all small-scale farmers in the global South, in order to support their food security and a path out of poverty as well as global environmental goals. The present article seeks to provide an overview of internationally agreed norms that can serve as basis for differentiation between sustainable and unsustainable agricultural systems. Such common objectives and benchmarks could then be used in multilateral and binational trade agreements. We propose a list of objectives, criteria, and benchmarks that could contribute to formulation of new trade agreements that strengthen producers who are currently marginalized in international trade flows. While acknowledging that sustainability cannot be easily measured and defined for all site-specific conditions, we posit that it is nevertheless possible to identify such common objectives and benchmarks, based on internationally agreed norms. |
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spelling | pubmed-100427582023-03-29 Could global norms enable definition of sustainable farming systems in a transformative international trade system? Giger, Markus Musselli, Irene Discov Sustain Perspective This paper aims to support differentiation between sustainable and unsustainable agricultural production, with a view to enabling a transformative agricultural trade system by incentivizing sustainable agricultural production. We argue that transformative governance of corresponding global trade flows will need to provide support to the weaker participants in production systems, above all small-scale farmers in the global South, in order to support their food security and a path out of poverty as well as global environmental goals. The present article seeks to provide an overview of internationally agreed norms that can serve as basis for differentiation between sustainable and unsustainable agricultural systems. Such common objectives and benchmarks could then be used in multilateral and binational trade agreements. We propose a list of objectives, criteria, and benchmarks that could contribute to formulation of new trade agreements that strengthen producers who are currently marginalized in international trade flows. While acknowledging that sustainability cannot be easily measured and defined for all site-specific conditions, we posit that it is nevertheless possible to identify such common objectives and benchmarks, based on internationally agreed norms. Springer International Publishing 2023-03-27 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10042758/ /pubmed/37008991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43621-023-00130-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Perspective Giger, Markus Musselli, Irene Could global norms enable definition of sustainable farming systems in a transformative international trade system? |
title | Could global norms enable definition of sustainable farming systems in a transformative international trade system? |
title_full | Could global norms enable definition of sustainable farming systems in a transformative international trade system? |
title_fullStr | Could global norms enable definition of sustainable farming systems in a transformative international trade system? |
title_full_unstemmed | Could global norms enable definition of sustainable farming systems in a transformative international trade system? |
title_short | Could global norms enable definition of sustainable farming systems in a transformative international trade system? |
title_sort | could global norms enable definition of sustainable farming systems in a transformative international trade system? |
topic | Perspective |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10042758/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37008991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43621-023-00130-0 |
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