From pond to plate: Towards a twin-driven commodity chain in Bangladesh shrimp aquaculture

Islam, Saidul

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2007.10.002

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“…Thus there are actors with differences in interests, in the power and resources they mobilize, and especially in their environmental rationalities. Islam (2008) expresses concern over the exclusionary tendencies in these processes: barriers in language, access, costs, time, or resources that limit the participation of relevant actors from the Global South who bear local interests and rationalities. When they do participate, they are hardly able to influence the results (Bush et al, 2013).…”

Section: Eco-certifications and Environmental Rationalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Governances and Invisibilities: Interests and Rationalities in the Socio-Environmental Regulation of Salmon Farming in Chile

Aguayo

Parra²

2017

Ambient. soc.

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This text analyses the regulation and certification process of Chilean salmon farming based on the discourse of its actors. First we will show how new governance structures in the neoliberal context are a result of negotiation processes between diverse actors. Secondly, we will argue how said governance manages to articulate environmental rationalities and interests of a variety of actors from industry and civil society, however at the cost of minimizing socio-labor issues and suppressing the question of who has access to the use of nature. This implies privatizing common marine resources and contributes towards excluding several organized actors.

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Section: Eco-certifications and Environmental Rationalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Governances and Invisibilities: Interests and Rationalities in the Socio-Environmental Regulation of Salmon Farming in Chile

Aguayo

Parra²

2017

Ambient. soc.

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“…For example, Hall's (2004) work on boom crops explores how the development of tropical shrimp aquaculture has been dependent on changing access to and control over key resources such as land and water. The rapid expansion of aquaculture has also led others to look at transitions from agriculture to aquaculture (Ito 2002), and the concomitant inclusion and exclusion of producers in global aquaculture value chains (Phyne and Mansilla 2003, Belton and Little 2008, Islam 2008, Tran et al 2013. Others have looked at the wider political economy of industry organization, including the effect of private environmental regulation over producers (e.g., Vandergeest 2007, Hatanaka, 2010, Belton et al 2011a, and comparative analyses of state support to industry expansion (Phyne 2010).…”

Section: The Aquaculture Transitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Making social sense of aquaculture transitions

Bush¹,

Marschke²

2014

E&S

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ABSTRACT. Resilience deals explicitly with change and provides a middle ground between the social and the environmental sciences. However, a growing critique by social scientists questions the ability of resilience thinking to adequately examine the social dimensions of change. The question that emerges is how social scientists should engage with resilience. We addressed this question by comparing resilience with agrarian change and transitions theory, through the backdrop of the fastest growing global food sector, aquaculture. Our analysis showed that each theoretical perspective provides fundamentally different insights into social and environmental transition inherent in the aquaculture sector. Although resilience thinking is best suited to assessing the ecological aspects of production, its systems ontology limits the inclusion of dynamic social relations or innovation. In contrast, agrarian transition enables a more meaningful understanding of how social relations are reconfigured as agrarian society shifts toward more capitalist modes of production, and transitions theory provides insights into social process of innovation. Given the epistemological differences between these theoretical approaches, we argue against attempts that reify systemic thinking by naturalizing social theories and concepts into resilience thinking. Instead, we argue that social theories such as agrarian change and transition theory should be seen as complimentary and that integration should focus on bridging results and insights. Doing so enables a more robust assessment of the social aspects of social-ecological transitions in the aquaculture sector and beyond.

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“…Some scholars show how standards can act as barriers to developing country exports (6,7). Others argue that stringent safety and environmental standards marginalize poorer producers, excluding them from new markets (8)(9)(10). These norms may also act as barriers to entry for small-scale farms, owing to the high cost of complying with new code requirements (2,10,11).…”

Section: Development Process | Institutional Changementioning

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Global standards and local knowledge building: Upgrading small producers in developing countries

Perez‐Aleman

2011

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Local knowledge building is a crucial factor for upgrading small producers and improving their market competitiveness and livelihoods. The rise of global standards affecting food safety and environmental sustainability in agriculture sparks debates on the impact on smallholders in developing countries. This article presents a perspective on the links of international standards to knowledge and institution building for developing the capabilities of small producers. Interacting with global practices, indigenous private and public actors create local institutions to develop capabilities for product and process innovations that contribute to economic development and enhance food security. Local innovation depends on collective strategic efforts through increasing networks among small producers and other organizations, including firms, nongovernmental organizations, and government, that foster knowledge circulation and bring diverse resources and support to build local capabilities.

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From pond to plate: Towards a twin-driven commodity chain in Bangladesh shrimp aquaculture

Cited by 112 publications

References 43 publications

Governances and Invisibilities: Interests and Rationalities in the Socio-Environmental Regulation of Salmon Farming in Chile

Governances and Invisibilities: Interests and Rationalities in the Socio-Environmental Regulation of Salmon Farming in Chile

Making social sense of aquaculture transitions

Global standards and local knowledge building: Upgrading small producers in developing countries

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