ENABLERS AND BARRIERS TO PGS PARTICIPATION BY VIETNAMESE VEGETABLE FARMERS

Robert Home; Christian Grovermann; Lina Tennhardt; Pham Van Hoi

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DOI

10.29327/9786527226680.1441467

Título do Trabalho

ENABLERS AND BARRIERS TO PGS PARTICIPATION BY VIETNAMESE VEGETABLE FARMERS

Autores

Robert Home
Christian Grovermann
Lina Tennhardt
Pham Van Hoi

Modalidade

IRSA - Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (01/10/2025 a 20/01/2026)

Área temática

IRSA 08 - Value-based Alternative Food Systems: quality assurance and sustainable practices beyond certification

Data de Publicação

06/08/2026

País da Publicação

Brasil

Idioma da Publicação

pt-BR

Página do Trabalho

https://www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1441467-enablers-and-barriers-to-pgs-participation-by-vietnamese-vegetable-farmers

ISBN

978-65-272-2668-0

Palavras-Chave

PGS Organic, Vietnam, Participation

Resumo

Organic Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) certification offers smallholder farmers an affordable way to secure premium prices for their organic produce. The benefits of PGS membership go beyond organic certification to include community and individual empowerment, social cohesion, collective infrastructure, access to credit, and access to markets. PGS vegetables have been promoted in Vietnam to supply a growing demand for safe vegetables so organic PGS should offer an attractive option for farmers. However, the number of PGS farmers in Vietnam is not growing as expected, and has even fallen in some areas. The aim of this study is to explain this paradox by investigating the factors that influence the adoption of organic PGS certification. We followed a mixed methods approach, which combined farmer interviews, a farm survey, and systems analysis workshops. The results show that PGS significantly improves farm profitability and agroecological performance but at the cost of increased labour and lower yields, which are not always compensated by a price premium. Overall, the study shows that organic PGS can make vegetable production more economically viable and more agroecologically sustainable if solutions are found to reduce labour demand and create market channels. At the systemic level, lack of understanding of organic agricultural systems and PGS principles was found to be a barrier, while peer-to-peer exchanges were found to encourage participation. Identifying the major challenges for PGS in Vietnam can promote the development of future interventions to promote PGS and may inform measures to promote PGS in similar low- and middle-income countries.

Título do Evento: 16th World Congress of Rural Sociology and 64th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Rural Economics, Management and Sociology
Cidade do Evento: Porto Alegre
Título dos Anais do Evento: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA)
Nome da Editora: Even3
Meio de Divulgação: Meio Digital
DOI

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HOME, Robert et al.. ENABLERS AND BARRIERS TO PGS PARTICIPATION BY VIETNAMESE VEGETABLE FARMERS.. In: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA). Anais...Porto Alegre(RS) UFRGS, 2026. Disponível em: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1441467-ENABLERS-AND-BARRIERS-TO-PGS-PARTICIPATION-BY-VIETNAMESE-VEGETABLE-FARMERS. Acesso em: 22/09/2026