The negotiation of fair trade standards within Ecuadorian flower plantations

Fairtrade International (FLO) applies requirements or “standards” for certification in agroindustries in order to channel resources to workers, improve their conditions, and “empower” them, even requiring freedom of association. Researchers have signaled a “dilution” (Jaffee, 2012) of standards in r...

• Main Author: Lyall, Angus (author)
• Format: article
• Language: spa
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Fair trade; Fairtrade International (FLO); rural workers; agroindustry; alternative economies; labor regimes; Polanyi; florícolas; comercio justo; certificaciones socioambientales; Ecuador; negociaciones laborales; empoderamiento
• Online Access: https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/eutopia/article/view/1226