Supervising third-party control bodies for certification: the case of organic farming in Italy
Abstract The organic food certification system in Italy, based on the EU legislation, relies on private control bodies (CBs) that are supervised by national authorities. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether it is possible to test for differences in controls outcome based on CBs’ behavior....
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
SpringerOpen
2020-11-01
|
| Series: | Agricultural and Food Economics |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40100-020-00171-3 |