Sustainable agriculture trough regional solidary in global markets

Territory, Private Authority, and Rights

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197515037.013.9 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tim Bartley

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Agriculture ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Global Markets ◽

Forest Certification ◽

Payment For Ecosystem Services ◽

Prior Informed Consent ◽

Nation States ◽

The World ◽

Sustainability Standards ◽

Indigenous Land

Sustainability certification initiatives seek to harness the power of transnational corporations to reform environmentally damaging practices around the world. This amounts to a kind of de-territorialized authority that governs through global markets rather than nation-states. Yet in certifying land and reforming its uses, sustainable agriculture and forestry initiatives confront a resource that is deeply tied to state sovereignty while potentially also being claimed by Indigenous peoples. This chapter asks what happens as transnational sustainability standards meet the nationally rooted and contested governance of land. It examines the place of “free and prior informed consent” for the use of Indigenous land in the leading sustainable agriculture and forestry initiatives, and it highlights the significance of the state and civil society through a brief comparison of forest certification in Indonesia and China. Further research should look not only within the world of sustainability standards but also to parallel questions about land rights in projects focused on timber legality and payment for ecosystem services.

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Participatory Rural Planning for Sustainable Agriculture: An Observation from Rural Jharkhand of India

PRODUCTIVITY ◽

10.32381/prod.2019.60.02.10 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 60 (2) ◽

pp. 214-225

Author(s):

NIRANJAN SAHOO ◽

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Agriculture ◽

Rural Planning

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Rising Inequality in the New Global Economy

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2006-4-84-89 ◽

2006 ◽

pp. 84-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

N. Birdsall

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Global Economy ◽

Slow Growth ◽

Global Markets ◽

Modern World ◽

Government Programs ◽

Poor Countries

Reasons of high inequality in the modern world are considered in the article. In developing countries it interacts with underdeveloped markets and inefficient government programs to slow growth, which in turn slows progress in reducing poverty. Increasing reach of global markets makes rising inequality more likely and deepens the gap between rich and poor countries. Because global markets work better for the already rich, we should increase the representation of poor countries in global fora.

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