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This chapter deals with private sustainability standards and their application in the agro-food export sector in East Africa. It covers three firm or industry-level case studies: (1) Arabica coffee plantation production to the UTZ CERTIFIED standard in Tanzania; (2) GlobalGAP-certified production of fresh vegetables using smallholder contract farmers in Tanzania; and (3) Large-scale cut flower production in Tanzania and Kenya, certified to various ‘social’ standards focusing on worker conditions. Table 6.1 provides basic information on the case studies.
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© 2010 Evelyne Lazaro, Lone Riisgaard, Fredy Kilima, Jeremiah Makindara and Raymond Mnenwa
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Lazaro, E., Riisgaard, L., Kilima, F., Makindara, J., Mnenwa, R. (2010). Sustainability Standards and Agro-Food Exports from East Africa. In: Gibbon, P., Ponte, S., Lazaro, E. (eds) Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230281356_6
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