title: Understanding the complexities of private standards in global agri-food chains as they impact developing countries.
abstract: The increasing prevalence of private standards governing food safety, food quality and environmental and social impacts of agri-food systems has raised concerns about the effects on developing countries, as well as the governance of agri-food value chains more broadly. It is argued that current debates have been 'clouded' by a failure to recognise the diversity of private standards in terms of their institutional form, who develops and adopts these standards and why. In particular, there is a need to appreciate the close inter-relationships between public regulations and private standards and the continuing ways in which private standards evolve.
authors.affiliation: University of Guelph, Canada & Institute of Development Studies, UK.
authors.forename: Spencer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Henson
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Humphrey
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D004467:Economics / Q000266:history; D019649:Food Industry / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D059022:Food Safety; D005523:Food Supply / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality / Q000266:history; D044382:Population Groups / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history