The nature of fair trade exchanges and their outcomes: Producer voices in Vietnam and India

Salignac, Fanny; Bhatia, Bhanu; Tallontire, Anne

doi:10.1002/bsd2.169

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“…Therefore, we recommend expanding this survey to non‐English speaking universities as we suspect that students, faculty, and staff at such universities may be more traditional and could potentially have different values and buying patterns regarding eco‐certifications. Furthermore, this study did not study the reputation or the effectiveness in addressing social and/or environmental challenges of eco‐certifications (e.g., Raynolds, 2021; Salignac et al, 2021). Therefore, we encourage certification researchers to further explore the links between buyer pressure, certification reputation, and impact on farmers in the global South.…”

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World society and the convergence of consumer values: Buying patterns of eco‐certification in the UAE

2023

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Eco‐certifications offer consumers the opportunity to vote with their money for more sustainable methods of production. While consumer‐facing eco‐labels are mostly recognized and consumed in western countries little is known about their performance in expat societies. This study applies world society theory to a sample of Arab, Western, and South Asian United Arab Emirates (UAE) residents to test whether globalization causes assimilation of familiarity, attitudes, and buying frequencies for major eco‐labels. The results show that respondents with Western ethnicities are more familiar with eco‐certifications. However, Arab, and South‐Asian citizens report similar or higher levels of importance for the purported benefits of eco‐certifications. Among respondents familiar with eco‐certification, we found no differences in buying frequency by ethnic group. Findings related to ethnicity support world society theory because social, environmental, and quality ideals converge among different ethnic groups in the UAE.

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World society and the convergence of consumer values: Buying patterns of eco‐certification in the UAE

2023

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“…plantation-based timber may offset some uncontrolled logging from biodiverse rainforest [82,83], and (4.) institutionalized practices under FSC may foster improved plantation planning and management and more exchange and participative processes among FSC member communities [84][85][86]. Policy-driven expansion of FSC-certified acacia timber production will, however, replace other types of land management through the accumulation of land and simplification/normalization of more industrialized land use systems [4,17,87].…”

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Acacia Plantation Development and the Configuration of Tree Farmers’ Agricultural Assets and Land Management—A Survey in Central Vietnam

Cochard

Ngo³

2021

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Since 1990 acacia-based tree plantations have fast expanded in Vietnam, now supporting a multi-billion-dollar export-oriented wood industry which is transforming from woodchip production to value-added products. Within this dynamic context, tree farmer associations have started to produce sawlogs under FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification. In this paper, we retrace the development of plantation assets, investigating farmers’ current livelihoods and land management, specifically considering various aspects of sustainability. We interviewed 180 tree farmers in three districts (lowland–upland regions) of Thừa Thiên Huế Province, including sawlog producers with and without FSC and smallholder producers of woodchips. Acacia planting in ‘barren lands’ was initiated through state programs in the 1990s (low-/midlands) and 2010s (uplands). Farmers now producing FSC sawlogs were among the first to gain forestland tenure; they now own large plantations (on good terrain), are in tune with policies and maintain resources/capacities to adopt management in line with FSC standards. Yet, most farmers also retain plots for easy-to-manage and low-risk woodchip production. Soil/vegetation conservation depends on farmers’ status/capacities and environmental awareness; FSC membership added economic-political benefits. Findings are discussed within a regional historic context. Plantations contribute to economic development, but issues persist/emerged in terms of land equity and environmental governance, risks (e.g., plant pathogens), and spaces/impetus for farm-based innovation and adaptiveness.

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“…Nonetheless, there is a dearth of literature that concurrently explores the effects of cultural distance on bilateral trade flows (Bobina et al, 2023;Doanh et al, 2022;Long et al, 2023;Query & Thompson, 2023). Particularly the impact of cultural distance on the trade of transitioning specially least developed to developing economies is rare (Liu et al, 2020;Messner, 2024;Salignac et al, 2021;Tokas & Deb, 2020). Bangladesh is a prominent participant in international trade (Bahmani-Oskooee et al, 2019) and its economic progress heavily depends on international trade (Rahman & Dutta, 2012).…”

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Cultural distance and bilateral trade: A transitional economy perspective

Mostafiz,

Akter,

Rahman

2024

Bus Strat Dev

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Cultural differences represent significant trade barriers between transitional economies and their trading partners, which has been overlooked in recent studies. This paper investigates the effect of cultural distance (CD) on bilateral trade from Bangladesh. We conceptualize a research model by employing the extended gravity model as a theoretical base, where we amplify the theory by proposing that linguistic distance (LD) as a part of cultural distance has a profound effect on bilateral trade based on bilateral trade data from 1995 to 2019 and Hofstede's culture indices between Bangladesh and 157 trading partner countries. Using a pseudo‐poisson maximum likelihood model, we find that cultural distance has a significant and negative impact on Bangladesh's trade, with a significance level of 1%. Our empirical results indicate that one unit increase in cultural distance decreases trade by 40.84% and cultural distance has a greater impact on Bangladesh's exports than on its imports. Findings also reveal that the effect is substantial with high‐income nations than with low‐income nations, and for manufacturing products than primary products trade. Further, this study suggests that in addition to cultural distance (CD), linguistic distance (LD) from trading partners has a tantamount effect on bilateral trade, which is significant at 1%. Theoretically, this study suggests that linguistic distance (LD) should be added on gravity model for analyzing effects of cultural distance on bilateral and multilateral trade. Practically, this study contributes by providing valuable insights to policymakers to pay attention to cultural differences, especially during these economic transition periods to increase bilateral trade.

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The nature of fair trade exchanges and their outcomes: Producer voices in Vietnam and India

Cited by 5 publications

References 82 publications

World society and the convergence of consumer values: Buying patterns of eco‐certification in the UAE

World society and the convergence of consumer values: Buying patterns of eco‐certification in the UAE

Acacia Plantation Development and the Configuration of Tree Farmers’ Agricultural Assets and Land Management—A Survey in Central Vietnam

Cultural distance and bilateral trade: A transitional economy perspective

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